Nama is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of
herbaceous plantA herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
s belonging to the
familyIn biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
BoraginaceaeBoraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, include a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.A number of familiar plants belong to this family....
. Most are found in
North AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Selected species
- Nama aretioides
Nama aretioides is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Ground nama. It is native to the western United States, including much of the Great Basin and Pacific Northwest, where it grows in many types of dry and sandy habitat types, including sagebrush.It is a...
(Hook. & Arn.) Brand – ground nama
- Nama arizonicum Bacon – Arizona fiddleleaf
- Nama californicum
Nama californicum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name California fiddleleaf. It is native to much of California and parts of western Nevada, where it grows in several types of dry and sandy habitat in desert, mountain, and valley areas.-Description:It is a...
(A.Gray) Bacon – California fiddleleaf
- Nama carnosum (Woot.) C.L.Hitchc. – sand fiddleleaf
- Nama demissum
Nama demissum is an annual flowering plant. It is known by the common name purplemat, or Purple mat.-Distribution:Purple mat, Nama demissum, grows in the American desert southwest, such as the Mojave Desert, and parts of Mexico on dry sandy or gravelly flats from 2000' to 5500' in creosote bush...
A.Gray – purple mat
- Nama densum
Nama densum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name leafy fiddleleaf, or leafy nama.-Distribution:...
J.G.Lemmon – leafy nama
- Nama depressum
Nama depressum, commonly known as depressed fiddleleaf, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family. It is native to Nevada and eastern California, where it grows in dry desert and mountain habitat, including the Mojave Desert.-Description:...
J.G. & S.A. Lemmon ex A.Gray – depressed fiddleleaf
- Nama dichotomum (Ruiz & Pavón) Choisy – wishbone fiddleleaf
- Nama havardii A.Gray – Havard's fiddleleaf
- Nama hispidum
Nama hispidum is an annual flowering plant. Common names include sand bells, rough nama, and bristly nama.Sand bells grow in the American desert southwest.-External links:* *...
A.Gray – sand bells, bristly nama
- Nama jamaicense L. – Jamaicanweed
- Nama lobbii
Nama lobbii is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names Lobb's fiddleleaf and Woolly nama. It is native to the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range chain in California and adjacent sections of Nevada and Oregon...
A.Gray – Lobb's fiddleleaf
- Nama macranthum (Choisy) Brand – royal fiddleleaf
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Nama parvifolium (Torr.) Greenm. – small-leaf fiddleleaf
Nama pusillum Nama pusillum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name eggleaf fiddleleaf. It is native to the deserts of eastern California and Nevada and Arizona, where it grows in sandy and rocky habitat....
J.G. & S.A. Lemmon ex A.Gray – eggleaf fiddleleaf
Nama retrorsum J.T.Howell – betatakin fiddleleaf
Nama rothrockiiNama rothrockii is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Rothrock's fiddleleaf. It is native to the mountains and plateaus of eastern California, such as the southern Sierra Nevada, and western Nevada and Arizona, where it grows in several types of local...
A.Gray – Rothrock's fiddleleaf
Nama sandwicense A.Gray – hinahina kahakai
Nama serpylloides A.Gray ex Hemsl. – velvet fiddleleaf
Nama stenocarpumNama stenocarpum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name mud fiddleleaf. It is native to northern Mexico and areas of southern California, Arizona, and Texas, where it is known from wet habitat such as marshes and swampy valley wetlands.-Description:Nama...
A.Gray – mud fiddleleaf
Nama stenophyllum A.Gray ex Hemsl. – slimpod fiddleleaf
Nama stevensii C.L.Hitchc. – Stevens' fiddleleaf
Nama torynophyllum Greenm. – matted fiddleleaf
Nama undulatum Kunth – whitewhisker fiddleleaf
Nama xylopodum (Woot. & Standl.) C.L.Hitchc. – yellowseed fiddleleaf |
Formerly placed here
- Evolvulus convolvuloides (Willd.) Stearn (as N. convolvuloides Willd.)
- Turricula parryi (A.Gray) J.F.Macbr. (as N. parryi A.Gray)
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