Taxon:  Nicotiana occidentalis H.-M. Wheeler



Summary
Genus:
Nicotiana
Section:
Suaveolentes
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Nicotianoideae
Nomen number:
300391
Place of publication:
Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 18:52.  1935
Verified:
04/20/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 3  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Nicotiana occidentalis H.-M. Wheeler subsp. hesperis (N. T. Burb.) P. Horton (3 active accession[s])
Nicotiana occidentalis H.-M. Wheeler subsp. obliqua N. T. Burb. (0 active accession[s])
Nicotiana occidentalis H.-M. Wheeler subsp. occidentalis (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  2. Clarkson, J. J. et al. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) inferred from multiple plastid DNA regions. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 33:75-90.
  3. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Australian plant census (APC) (on-line resource).
  4. Dijck, P. van et al. 1987. Accessions of Australian Nicotiana species suitable as indicator hosts in the diagnosis of plant virus diseases. Eur. J. Pl. Pathol. 93:73-85.
  5. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
  6. Goodspeed, T. H. 1954. The genus Nicotiana. Chron. Bot. 16:479, 481. Note: mentions its affinities with Nicotiana debneyi
  7. Japan Tobacco Plant Breeding & Genetic Research Laboratory. 1994. The genus Nicotiana illustrated
  8. Lewis, R. S. & J. S. Nicholson. 2007. Aspects of the evolution of Nicotiana tabacum L. and the status of the United States Nicotiana germplasm collection. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 54:729.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishnative tobacco  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Walesw.George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territorys.George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslands.w.George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales (w.), Queensland (s.w.), South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory (s.)]

Reference(s)
  1. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Harmful organism hosttest organism for crop diseasesas a test plant for virus detectionDijck, P. van et al. 1987. Accessions of Australian Nicotiana species suitable as indicator hosts in the diagnosis of plant virus diseases. Eur. J. Pl. Pathol. 93:73-85.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=300391. Accessed 10 May 2026.