Nolana

Nolana is a genus of hard annual or perennial plants in the nightshade family. The genus is mostly native to Chile and Peru. Species in this genus, especially N. paradoxa, serve as a model system for studies on flower color.

Classification

There are a number of synonyms for Nolana: Alibrexia, Alona, Aplocarya, Bargemontia, Dolia, Gubleria, Leloutrea, Neudorfia, Osteocarpus, Periloba, Rayera, Sorema, Teganium, Tula, Velpeaulia, Walkeria, and Zwingera.
Nolana is the only genus in the Solanaceae which has a fruit composed of mericarps, although its flower and other vegetative morphology is similar to other plants in this family. It seems to be most closely related to Lycium.

Species

Plants of the World Online Accepts 72 species, listed below. Other sources range from 85 to 89 species.

Nolana acuminata
Nolana adansonii
Nolana aenigma
Nolana albescens
Nolana aplocaryoides
Nolana arenicola
Nolana arequipensis
Nolana baccata
Nolana balsamiflua
Nolana bombonensis
Nolana callae
Nolana carnosa
Nolana chancoana
Nolana chapiensis
Nolana clivicola
Nolana coelestis
Nolana confinis
Nolana crassulifolia
Nolana deflexa
Nolana dianae
Nolana divaricata
Nolana elegans
Nolana filifolia
Nolana flaccida
Nolana foliosa
Nolana galapagensis
Nolana gayana
Nolana glauca
Nolana gracillima
Nolana hoxeyi
Nolana humifusa
Nolana incana
Nolana inconspicua
Nolana inflata
Nolana intonsa
Nolana jaffuelii
Nolana lachimbensis
Nolana latipes
Nolana laxa
Nolana leptophylla
Nolana lezamae
Nolana linearifolia
Nolana lycioides
Nolana mariarosae
Nolana mollis
Nolana onoana
Nolana paradoxa
Nolana parviflora
Nolana patachensis
Nolana peruviana
Nolana philippiana
Nolana platyphylla
Nolana polymorpha
Nolana pterocarpa
Nolana quicachaensis
Nolana ramosissima
Nolana reichei
Nolana rhombifolia
Nolana rostrata
Nolana rupicola
Nolana salsoloides
Nolana samaensis
Nolana scaposa
Nolana sedifolia
Nolana sessiliflora
Nolana sphaerophylla
Nolana stenophylla
Nolana tarapacana
Nolana tocopillensis
Nolana tricotiflora
Nolana villosa
''Nolana werdermannii''