Nothocestrum

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Kingdom Plantae Family Solanaceae Tribe Physaleae Scientific name Nothocestrum Rank Genus		Order Solanales Subfamily Solanoideae Subtribe Withaninae Higher classification Nightshade

Lower classifications Nothocestrum latifolium, Nothocestrum breviflorum, Nothocestrum peltatum, Nothocestrum longifolium

Nothocestrum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It contains four species of large shrubs or small trees that are endemic to Hawaii, where they are known as ʻaiea.

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Species

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Nothocestrum breviflorum A.Gray – Smallflower ʻaiea (island of Hawaiʻi)

Nothocestrum latifolium A.Gray – Broadleaf ʻaiea (Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi)

Nothocestrum longifolium A.Gray – Longleaf ʻaiea (island of Hawaiʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi)

Nothocestrum peltatum Skottsb. – Oʻahu ʻaiea (Kauaʻi)

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Nothocestrum Aiea photo Nothocestrum latifolium G67398 ARKive

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Nothocestrum Nothocestrum latifolium A Gray broadleaf aiea

References

Nothocestrum Wikipedia

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