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Nicotiana

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  • 16 November 2021
  • Datasheet Type(s)
  • Pest
  • Host Plant
  • Preferred Scientific Name
  • Nicotiana
  • Taxonomic Tree
  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •   Kingdom: Plantae
  •     Phylum: Spermatophyta
  •       Subphylum: Angiospermae
  •         Class: Dicotyledonae
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Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); flowering habit. Kahakuloa, Maui, Hawaii, USA. March, 2008.
TitleFlowering habit
CaptionNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); flowering habit. Kahakuloa, Maui, Hawaii, USA. March, 2008.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2009 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); flowering habit. Kahakuloa, Maui, Hawaii, USA. March, 2008.
Flowering habitNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); flowering habit. Kahakuloa, Maui, Hawaii, USA. March, 2008.©Forest & Kim Starr-2009 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); habit. Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2013.
TitleHabit
CaptionNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); habit. Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2013.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); habit. Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2013.
HabitNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); habit. Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2013.©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); habit. Manana, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. February, 2005.
TitleHabit
CaptionNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); habit. Manana, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. February, 2005.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2005 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); habit. Manana, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. February, 2005.
HabitNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); habit. Manana, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. February, 2005.©Forest & Kim Starr-2005 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); habit, with Kim Starr for scale. Ulupalakua Ranch, Maui, Hawaii, USA. July, 2013.
TitleHabit
CaptionNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); habit, with Kim Starr for scale. Ulupalakua Ranch, Maui, Hawaii, USA. July, 2013.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); habit, with Kim Starr for scale. Ulupalakua Ranch, Maui, Hawaii, USA. July, 2013.
HabitNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); habit, with Kim Starr for scale. Ulupalakua Ranch, Maui, Hawaii, USA. July, 2013.©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); habit, with red-footed booby (Sula sula) nesting amongst the infestation. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
TitleHabit
CaptionNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); habit, with red-footed booby (Sula sula) nesting amongst the infestation. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); habit, with red-footed booby (Sula sula) nesting amongst the infestation. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
HabitNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); habit, with red-footed booby (Sula sula) nesting amongst the infestation. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); habit and leaves. Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2013.
TitleHabit
CaptionNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); habit and leaves. Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2013.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); habit and leaves. Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2013.
HabitNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); habit and leaves. Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2013.©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); leaves. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
TitleLeaves
CaptionNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); leaves. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); leaves. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
LeavesNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); leaves. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); flowers and leaves. LZ1, Kahoolawe, Hawaii, USA. February, 2008.
TitleFlowers
CaptionNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); flowers and leaves. LZ1, Kahoolawe, Hawaii, USA. February, 2008.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2008 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); flowers and leaves. LZ1, Kahoolawe, Hawaii, USA. February, 2008.
FlowersNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); flowers and leaves. LZ1, Kahoolawe, Hawaii, USA. February, 2008.©Forest & Kim Starr-2008 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); flowers. Kahakuloa, Maui, Hawaii, USA. March, 2008.
TitleFlowers
CaptionNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); flowers. Kahakuloa, Maui, Hawaii, USA. March, 2008.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2008 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); flowers. Kahakuloa, Maui, Hawaii, USA. March, 2008.
FlowersNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); flowers. Kahakuloa, Maui, Hawaii, USA. March, 2008.©Forest & Kim Starr-2008 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); spent seed pods. Kahului Airport, Maui, Hawaii, USA. November, 2006.
TitleSeed pods
CaptionNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); spent seed pods. Kahului Airport, Maui, Hawaii, USA. November, 2006.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2006 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); spent seed pods. Kahului Airport, Maui, Hawaii, USA. November, 2006.
Seed podsNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); spent seed pods. Kahului Airport, Maui, Hawaii, USA. November, 2006.©Forest & Kim Starr-2006 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); close-up of flowers. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
TitleFlowers
CaptionNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); close-up of flowers. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); close-up of flowers. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
FlowersNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); close-up of flowers. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); seedlings. Kanaha Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA. January, 2004.
TitleSeedlings
CaptionNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); seedlings. Kanaha Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA. January, 2004.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2004 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); seedlings. Kanaha Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA. January, 2004.
SeedlingsNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); seedlings. Kanaha Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA. January, 2004.©Forest & Kim Starr-2004 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); flowers. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
TitleFlowers
CaptionNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); flowers. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); flowers. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
FlowersNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); flowers. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); adopted habit and leaves. Note green morph larva of the endemic hawkmoth Manduca blackburni (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2013. Were it not for the presence of this ‘invasive’ plant, the threatened M. blackburni would be close to extinction on Hawaii. It has almost totally transferred its larval feeding habits from a now rare native Nothocestrum species to N. glauca and other introduced Solanaceae.
TitleLeaves
CaptionNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); adopted habit and leaves. Note green morph larva of the endemic hawkmoth Manduca blackburni (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2013. Were it not for the presence of this ‘invasive’ plant, the threatened M. blackburni would be close to extinction on Hawaii. It has almost totally transferred its larval feeding habits from a now rare native Nothocestrum species to N. glauca and other introduced Solanaceae.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); adopted habit and leaves. Note green morph larva of the endemic hawkmoth Manduca blackburni (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2013. Were it not for the presence of this ‘invasive’ plant, the threatened M. blackburni would be close to extinction on Hawaii. It has almost totally transferred its larval feeding habits from a now rare native Nothocestrum species to N. glauca and other introduced Solanaceae.
LeavesNicotiana glauca (tree tobacco); adopted habit and leaves. Note green morph larva of the endemic hawkmoth Manduca blackburni (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2013. Were it not for the presence of this ‘invasive’ plant, the threatened M. blackburni would be close to extinction on Hawaii. It has almost totally transferred its larval feeding habits from a now rare native Nothocestrum species to N. glauca and other introduced Solanaceae.©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); developing and ripened seed capsules. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
TitleSeed capsules
CaptionNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); developing and ripened seed capsules. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); developing and ripened seed capsules. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.
Seed capsulesNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); developing and ripened seed capsules. NW Lake, Laysan, Hawaii, USA. September, 2013.©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); dry seed capsules. Mokolea Pt., Kilauea Pt. NWR, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. March, 2013.
TitleSeed capsules
CaptionNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); dry seed capsules. Mokolea Pt., Kilauea Pt. NWR, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. March, 2013.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); dry seed capsules. Mokolea Pt., Kilauea Pt. NWR, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. March, 2013.
Seed capsulesNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); dry seed capsules. Mokolea Pt., Kilauea Pt. NWR, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. March, 2013.©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); seedling. Mokolea Pt, Kilauea Pt NWR, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. March, 2013.
TitleSeedling
CaptionNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); seedling. Mokolea Pt, Kilauea Pt NWR, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. March, 2013.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); seedling. Mokolea Pt, Kilauea Pt NWR, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. March, 2013.
SeedlingNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); seedling. Mokolea Pt, Kilauea Pt NWR, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. March, 2013.©Forest & Kim Starr-2013 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); habit, young plants growing around base of tree. Waihee Coastal Preserve, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2012.
TitleYoung plants
CaptionNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); habit, young plants growing around base of tree. Waihee Coastal Preserve, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2012.
Copyright©Forest & Kim Starr-2012 - CC BY 3.0
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); habit, young plants growing around base of tree. Waihee Coastal Preserve, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2012.
Young plantsNicotiana tabacum (tobacco); habit, young plants growing around base of tree. Waihee Coastal Preserve, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2012.©Forest & Kim Starr-2012 - CC BY 3.0

Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

  • Nicotiana L.

EPPO code

  • NIOSS (Nicotiana sp.)

Taxonomic Tree

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  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Plantae
  •         Phylum: Spermatophyta
  •             Subphylum: Angiospermae
  •                 Class: Dicotyledonae
  •                     Order: Solanales
  •                         Family: Solanaceae
  •                             Genus: Nicotiana

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Last updated: 25 Feb 2021
Continent/Country/Region Distribution Last Reported Origin First Reported Invasive Reference Notes

Africa

ZambiaPresent

Asia

ChinaPresent
-HenanPresent
IndiaPresent
-Andhra PradeshPresent
JapanPresent

Europe

LithuaniaPresent
NetherlandsPresent

North America

Costa RicaPresent

References

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Munirathnam, P., Kumar, K. A., 2014. Survey of weed flora in major crops of Nandyal region in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Journal of Research ANGRAU, 42(3/4), 142-146. http://www.angrau.ac.in/journalofresearchangrau.php

Distribution References

Clapp J P, Stoel C D van der, Putten W H van der, 2000. Rapid identification of cyst (Heterodera spp., Globodera spp.) and root-knot (Meloidogyne spp.) nematodes on the basis of ITS2 sequence variation detected by PCR-single-strand conformational polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) in cultures and field samples. Molecular Ecology. 9 (9), 1223-1232. DOI:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00995.x

Hord M J, García A, Villalobos H, Rivera C, Macaya G, Roossinck M J, 2001. Field survey of cucumber mosaic virus subgroups I and II in crop plants in Costa Rica. Plant Disease. 85 (9), 952-954. DOI:10.1094/PDIS.2001.85.9.952

Li X D, Li Y Q, Wang H G, 2001. Epidemic of Potato virus Y and Cucumber mosaic virus in Henan Province tobacco. Plant Disease. 85 (4), 447. DOI:10.1094/PDIS.2001.85.4.447C

Mayunga D S, Kapooria R G, 2003. Incidence and identification of virus diseases of tobacco in three provinces of Zambia. Bulletin OEPP. 33 (2), 355-359. DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2338.2003.00658.x

Munirathnam P, Kumar K A, 2014. Survey of weed flora in major crops of Nandyal region in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Journal of Research ANGRAU. 42 (3/4), 142-146. http://www.angrau.ac.in/journalofresearchangrau.php

Ostrauskas H, Pakalniškis S, Taluntytė L, 2005. Dipteran leafminers in the vicinity of glasshouses and plant markets in Lithuania. Bulletin OEPP. 35 (1), 73-77. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2338.2005.00808.x

Takada H, 2002. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Aphidiinae; Aphelinidae) of four principal pest aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) on greenhouse vegetable crops in Japan. Applied Entomology and Zoology. 37 (2), 237-249. DOI:10.1303/aez.2002.237

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