Biology:Nolana paradoxa

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Solanaceae

Nolana paradoxa
At the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Nolana
Species:
N. paradoxa
Binomial name
Nolana paradoxa
Synonyms[1]

Nolana paradoxa, the Chilean bellflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to central and southern Chile.[1][2] A spreading half-hardy annual reaching 9 in (23 cm) and useful as an edger or ground cover, it requires full sun.[2] There is a cultivar, 'Blue Bird'.[3]

N. paradoxa serves as a model system for scientific studies on flower color.[4][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Nolana paradoxa Lindl." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/270754-1. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hessayon, D. G. (1996). The New Bedding Plant Expert. p. 73. ISBN 9780903505451. 
  3. "Nolana paradoxa 'Blue Bird'". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/156383/nolana-paradoxa-blue-bird/details. 
  4. Stavenga, Doekele G.; Van Der Kooi, Casper J. (2016). "Coloration of the Chilean Bellflower, Nolana paradoxa, interpreted with a scattering and absorbing layer stack model". Planta 243 (1): 171–181. doi:10.1007/s00425-015-2395-0. PMID 26369332. 
  5. van der Kooi, Casper J.; Elzenga, J. Theo M.; Staal, Marten; Stavenga, Doekele G. (2016). "How to colour a flower: on the optical principles of flower coloration". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1830). doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.0429. PMID 27170723. 

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