Taxon:  Nicotiana rustica L.



Summary
Genus:
Nicotiana
Section:
Rusticae
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Nicotianoideae
Nomen number:
300393
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:180.  1753
Comment:
valid publication verified from original literature
Verified:
04/22/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
181 (89  active, 85  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Nicotiana rustica L. var. brasilia Schrank (0 active accession[s])
Nicotiana rustica L. var. pavonii (Dunal) Goodsp. (1 active accession[s])
Nicotiana rustica L. var. pumila Schrank (0 active accession[s])
Nicotiana rustica L. var. rustica (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)
Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
  4. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  5. Clarkson, J. J. et al. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) inferred from multiple plastid DNA regions. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 33:75-90.
  6. 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.
  7. Elliott, P. E. et al. 2008. Evaluation of tobacco germplasm for seedling resistance to stem rot and target spot caused by Thanatephorus cucumeris. Pl. Dis. 92:425-430.
  8. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  9. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  10. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  11. Goodspeed, T. H. 1954. The genus Nicotiana. Chron. Bot. 16:351-356. Note: mentions that this species might have been the first cultivated & commercialized during US colony period
  12. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  13. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  14. Japan Tobacco Plant Breeding & Genetic Research Laboratory. 1994. The genus Nicotiana illustrated
  15. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
  16. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  17. Leitch, I. J. et al. 2008. The ups and downs of genome size evolution in polyploid species of Nicotiana (Solanaceae). Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 101:805-814.
  18. 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. 54:728.
  19. Lewis, R. 2011. Nicotiana. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, plantation and ornamental crops 10:185-208.
  20. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  21. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  22. Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:111.
  23. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  24. Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:91, 94.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAztec tobacco  1Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
EnglishIndian tabacco  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Englishnative tobacco  1McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Englishnicotine tobacco  1Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:91, 94.
Englishsmall tobacco  1Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:91, 94.
Englishwild tobacco  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Frenchpetit tabac  2Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:91, 94.
Frenchtabac rustique  2Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:91, 94.
GermanBauern-Tabak  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Portuguese (Brazil)fumo  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)fumo-agreste  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)fumo-brasileiro  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)fumo-roxo  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)tabaco-do-México  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedishbondtobak  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaLa Pazn.Goodspeed, T. H. 1954. The genus Nicotiana. Chron. Bot. 16:351-356. Note: mentions that this species might have been the first cultivated & commercialized during US colony period
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorCañar Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorChimborazo Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorCotopaxi Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorImbabura Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPichincha Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorTungurahua Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAmazonas Goodspeed, T. H. 1954. The genus Nicotiana. Chron. Bot. 16:351-356. Note: mentions that this species might have been the first cultivated & commercialized during US colony period
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAncash Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruCajamarca Goodspeed, T. H. 1954. The genus Nicotiana. Chron. Bot. 16:351-356. Note: mentions that this species might have been the first cultivated & commercialized during US colony period
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruHuancavelica Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruHuánuco Goodspeed, T. H. 1954. The genus Nicotiana. Chron. Bot. 16:351-356. Note: mentions that this species might have been the first cultivated & commercialized during US colony period
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruJunín Goodspeed, T. H. 1954. The genus Nicotiana. Chron. Bot. 16:351-356. Note: mentions that this species might have been the first cultivated & commercialized during US colony period
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLambayeque Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLima Goodspeed, T. H. 1954. The genus Nicotiana. Chron. Bot. 16:351-356. Note: mentions that this species might have been the first cultivated & commercialized during US colony period
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruPuno Goodspeed, T. H. 1954. The genus Nicotiana. Chron. Bot. 16:351-356. Note: mentions that this species might have been the first cultivated & commercialized during US colony period
2Cultivated    also cult. 
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere 
Native
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [La Paz (n.)], Ecuador [Cañar, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Imbabura, Pichincha, Tungurahua], Peru [Amazonas, Ancash, Cajamarca, Huancavelica, Huánuco, Junín, Lambayeque, Lima, Puno]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

Reference(s)
  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  2. Goodspeed, T. H. 1954. The genus Nicotiana. Chron. Bot. 16:351-356. Note: mentions that this species might have been the first cultivated & commercialized during US colony period
  3. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
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.
Medicinesfolklore Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:91, 94.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Non-vertebrate poisonsplant pest control Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Non-vertebrate poisonsplant pest control Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:91, 94.
Socialsmoking material Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:91, 94.
Socialstimulant Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:91, 94.
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=300393. Accessed 10 May 2026.