The Endemic Plants of Chile

Place of Publication

Voy. Bonite, Bot. 3 (Atlas): t. 28. (1841)

Type citation

CHILE. Coquimbo: [non Valparaíso], 1832, C. Gaudichaud 67 (Lectotype designated by Mesa-M.,1981: P [0445257]; Isolectotypes: P [P04459131], F neg. m23243 ex G, G [G00383949]).

Synonyms

• Alona longifolia Lindl.
• Nolana bracteosa (Phil.) Reiche
• Nolana glutinosa (Phil.) Reiche
• Nolana lanceolata auct. non (Miers) Miers ex Dunal
• Nolana longifolia (Lindl.) Miers ex Dunal
• Periloba longifolia (Lindl.) I.M. Johnst.
• Sorema bracteosa Phil.
• Sorema glutinosa Phil.
• Sorema longifolia (Lindl.) Miers

References

• Gaudichaud-Beaupré (1841)

  Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. 1841. Voyage autour de monde éxécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette la Bonite commandeé par M. Vaillant, Capitaine de Vaisseau 3 (Atlas)

• Mesa (1981)

  Mesa, M.A. 1981. Nolanaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 26: 1-197

• Dillon (2023)

  Dillon, M 2023. Systematics and Taxonomy of Nolana (Nolaneae: Solanaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 28(2): 141-646

Iconography

• Dillon (2023): Figs. 67-71
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Regions

Antofagasta, Atacama and Coquimbo

Habitat

Desert, Coastal desert and semidesert, Desert fog oases (Lomas), Mediterranean and Coastal matorral

Distribution and habitat

This species is recorded from the Regions of Antofagasta, Atacama, and Coquimbo from; 0–200(–780) metres above sea level. It grows in sandy/rocky soils, near-coast habitats or, more rarely, from more inland sites (Dillon, 2023)

Descriptions

• Dillon (2023)

Habit

Annual to, more typically, perennial herbs, tap root fleshy; branches straight, prostrate, 40–60 cm long (Dillon, 2023).

Notes

Seed of this species is banked by the national seed bank of Chile, INIA.