Nama is a genus of herbaceous plants belonging to the family Namaceae or a broadly defined family Boraginaceae. Most are found in western North America. Many are known by the common name fiddleleaf.
Taxonomy Carl Linnaeus created some confusion by using the genus name Nama twice – in 1753 for the type species Nama zeylanica and in 1759 for the type species Nama jamaicensis. The later of the two has been conserved over the earlier, the correct name for which is now Hydrolea. p. 83.
There has been some further confusion over the gender of Nama. The Greek (), referring to 'flowing water', is neuter, and some sources have used neuter endings in specific epithets (e.g. the USDA Plants database ). However, the genus has traditionally been treated as feminine (e.g. by A. P. de Candolle in 1846), and Tropicos notes that feminine gender is "automatically conserved".
Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species. English names are from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Nama aretioides (Hook. & Arn.) Brand – ground nama Nama arizonica R.A.Crawford & G.Rink – Arizona fiddleleaf Nama asuncionensis León de la Luz & Rebman Nama bartlettii Standl. Nama biflora Choisy Nama californica (A.Gray) J.D.Bacon – California fiddleleaf Nama canescens C.L.Hitchc. Nama carnosa (Wooton) C.L.Hitchc. – sand fiddleleaf Nama constancei J.D.Bacon Nama coulteri A.Gray Nama cuatrocienegensis G.L.Nesom Nama cubana P.Wilson Nama demissa A.Gray – purple mat Nama densa Lemmon – leafy nama Nama depressa Lemmon ex A.Gray – depressed fiddleleaf Nama dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Choisy – wishbone fiddleleaf Nama ehrenbergii Brand Nama flavescens Brandegee Nama havardii A.Gray Nama hintoniorum G.L.Nesom – Havard's fiddleleaf Nama hirsuta M.Martens & Galeotti Nama hispida A.Gray – sand bells, bristly nama Nama hitchcockii J.D.Bacon Nama jamaicensis L. – Jamaicanweed Nama johnstonii C.L.Hitchc. Nama linearis D.L.Nash Nama lobbii A.Gray – Lobb's fiddleleaf Nama marshii (Standl.) I.M.Johnst. Nama origanifolia Kunth Nama orizabensis D.L.Nash Nama palmeri A.Gray Nama parviflora (Greenm.) Constance Nama parvifolia (Torr.) Greenm. – small-leaf fiddleleaf Nama propinqua C.V.Morton & C.L.Hitchc. Nama prostrata Brand Nama pusilla Lemmon ex A.Gray – eggleaf fiddleleaf Nama quiexobrana J.D.Bacon & J.A.McDonald Nama retrorsa J.T.Howell – betatakin fiddleleaf Nama rothrockii A.Gray – Rothrock's fiddleleaf Nama rotundifolia (A.Gray) J.F.Macbr. Nama rzedowskii J.D.Bacon Nama sandwicensis A.Gray – hinahina kahakai Nama schaffneri A.Gray Nama segetalis Ricketson Nama sericea Willd. ex Schult. Nama serpylloides A.Gray – velvet fiddleleaf Nama spatulata Brandegee Nama stenocarpa A.Gray – mud fiddleleaf Nama stenophylla A.Gray – slimpod fiddleleaf Nama stevensii C.L.Hitchc. – Stevens' fiddleleaf Nama stewartii I.M.Johnst. Nama torynophylla Greenm. – matted fiddleleaf Nama turneri J.D.Bacon Nama undulata Kunth Nama xylopoda (Wooton & Standl.) C.L.Hitchc. – yellowseed fiddleleaf
Formerly placed here Evolvulus convolvuloides (Willd.) Stearn (as N. convolvuloides Willd.) Eriodictyon parryi (A.Gray) Greene (as N. parryi A.Gray)
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