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Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants

compiled by Elizabeth Painter

up to date as of May 1, 2016

Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).




TaxonNicotiana quadrivalvis
groupEudicots
FamilySolanaceae
Family common name(s)nightshade; night-shade; night shade; nightshades; potato
Genus common name(s)tobacco; tobacco plant; flowering tobacco; flowering-tobacco
Species common name(s)four-valved tobacco; four valved tobacco; large-flowered tobacco
 
Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in bracketsBigelow's tobacco [var. bigelovii]; Bigelow tobacco [var. bigelovii]; Wallace's tobacco [Nicotiana bigelovii var. wallacei]; Wallace tobacco [Nicotiana bigelovii var. wallacei]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxawild tobacco is applied to taxa in multiple families
Common name(s), rejectednot recommended: Indian tobacco, Indian-tobacco, large-flowered Indian tobacco, Bigelow's Indian tobacco
NotesBigelow, Wallace are proper names, so upper case preferable; Bigelows Bigelov's, Bigelo, Wallaces are errors
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcvar. bigelovii (Torr.) DeWolf; var. quadrivalvis; Nicotiana bigelovii (Torr.) S. Watson; Nicotiana bigelovii (Torr.) S. Watson var. wallacei A. Gray
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