Nicotiana tomentosiformis is aperennialherbaceous plant. It is a wild species oftobacco native to theYungas Valley region in the eastern piedmont of theAndes Mountains, primarily inBolivia.
| Nicotiana tomentosiformis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Nicotiana |
| Species: | N. tomentosiformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Nicotiana tomentosiformis | |
Recent genetic evidence suggests it is one of the parent species of the common domesticatedtobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), which was hybridized along with the speciesNicotiana sylvestris, and possiblyNicotiana otophora[1][2]
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- ^Nan Ren and 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]
- ^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
edit- Yukawa, M.; Tsudzuki, T.; Sugiura, M. (2006). "The chloroplast genome ofNicotiana sylvestris andNicotiana tomentosiformis: complete sequencing confirms that theNicotiana sylvestris progenitor is the maternal genome donor ofNicotiana tabacum".Molecular Genetics and Genomics.275 (4):367–373.doi:10.1007/s00438-005-0092-6.PMID 16435119.S2CID 19760044.
