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Common name

English: Tobacco

German: Tabak

Mandarin: 烟草 (yan cao)

Portuguese: Erva-do-tabaco

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Solanales (99)

        Family: Solanaceae (51)(family description)

          Genus: Nicotiana (3)

            Epithet: tabacum L. (1)

tabacum => derived from an indigenous American word for tobacco smoking tools

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink

External links

Check for Nicotiana tabacum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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