Nicotiana otophora

Nicotiana otophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Nicotiana
Species:	N. otophora
Binomial name
Nicotiana otophora Griseb.
Synonyms[1]
Lehmannia otophora (Griseb.) Comes Nicotiana friesii Dammer ex R.E.Fr.

Nicotiana otophora is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae.^[2] It is a wild species of tobacco native to the Andes Mountains of Bolivia and Argentina.

Tobacco taxonomy

Recent genetic evidence suggests the possibility that it is one of the parent species of the common domesticated tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), which was hybridized along with the species Nicotiana sylvestris, and Nicotiana tomentosiformis.^[3][4]

The evidence for its parentage of Nicotiana tabacum is weaker at this time than it is for the other two species Nicotiana sylvestris, and Nicotiana tomentosiformis.

References

1. "Nicotiana otophora Griseb". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
2. "Nicotiana otophora Griseb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
3. Nan Ren & Michael P. Timko (August 2001). "AFLP analysis of genetic polymorphism and evolutionary relationships among cultivated and wild Nicotiana species" (PDF). Genome. 44 (4): 559–571. doi:10.1139/gen-44-4-559. PMID 11550889.^{[dead link‍]}
4. Murad, L.; et al. (August 2002). "The origin of tobacco's T genome is traced to a particular lineage within Nicotiana tomentosiformis (Solanaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 89 (6): 921–928. doi:10.3732/ajb.89.6.921. PMID 21665691.

External links

• Yukawa, M; Tsudzuki, T; Sugiura, M (April 2006). "The chloroplast genome of Nicotiana sylvestris and Nicotiana tomentosiformis: complete sequencing confirms that the Nicotiana sylvestris progenitor is the maternal genome donor of Nicotiana tabacum". Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 275 (4): 367–73. doi:10.1007/s00438-005-0092-6. ISSN 1617-4615. PMID 16435119. S2CID 19760044.