# Nicandra

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Nicandra physalodes (L.) Gaertn.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Nicandra physalodes](/source/Nicandra_physalodes)''
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Nicandra 
|authority = Adans.<ref name="POWO-1"/>
|synonyms =
  {{Genus list
  |Calydermos|Ruiz & Pav.
  }}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO-1"/>
}}

'''''Nicandra ''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant) in the family [Solanaceae](/source/Solanaceae), native to western South America.<ref name="POWO-1"/> It was first described by [Michel Adanson](/source/Michel_Adanson) in 1763.<ref name="IPNI"/> The genus is named for Greek poet [Nicander](/source/Nicander) of [Colophon](/source/Colophon_(city)), who wrote about plants<ref name="Nee-1993"/> – notably in his poem ''Alexipharmaca'', which treats of poisons and their antidotes.

{{As of|2019|March}}, [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) accepted three species:<ref name="POWO-1"/>
*''[Nicandra john-tyleriana](/source/Nicandra_john-tyleriana)'' <small>S.Leiva & Pereyra</small>
*''[Nicandra physalodes](/source/Nicandra_physalodes)'' <small>(L.) Gaertn.</small>
*''[Nicandra yacheriana](/source/Nicandra_yacheriana)'' <small>S.Leiva</small>

From 1763 until 2007, when ''Nicandra john-tyleriana'' was described,<ref name="POWO-2"/> the only species in the genus was ''Nicandra physalodes''. A third species, ''Nicandra yacheriana'', was described in 2010.<ref name="POWO-3"/>

==References==
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<ref name="IPNI">{{citation |title=Plant Name Details for ''Nicandra'' Adans.|work=[The International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index) |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=331805-2 |accessdate=2019-03-28}}</ref>

<ref name="Nee-1993">{{citation |last=Nee |first=Michael |date=1993 |title=''Nicandra'' |work=Jepson Manual |url=http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7625,7652,7653 |accessdate=2019-03-28}}</ref>

<ref name="POWO-1">{{citation |title=''Nicandra '' Adans. |work=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331805-2 |accessdate=2019-03-28}}</ref>

<ref name="POWO-2">{{citation |title=''Nicandra john-tyleriana'' S.Leiva |work=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60447812-2 |accessdate=2019-03-28}}</ref>

<ref name="POWO-3">{{citation |title=''Nicandra yacheriana'' S.Leiva |work=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77118668-1 |accessdate=2019-03-28}}</ref>

</references>

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Category:Solanoideae
Category:Solanaceae genera

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