# Nolana

Nolana (Peruvian bell flower) is a genus of hard annual or perennial plants in the nightshade family. The genus is mostly native to Chile and Peru. Species in this genus, especially N. paradoxa, serve as a model system for studies on flower color.

## Classification

There are a number of synonyms for Nolana: Alibrexia, Alona, Aplocarya, Bargemontia, Dolia, Gubleria, Leloutrea, Neudorfia, Osteocarpus, Periloba, Rayera, Sorema, Teganium, Tula, Velpeaulia, Walkeria, and Zwingera.
Nolana is the only genus in the Solanaceae which has a fruit composed of mericarps, although its flower and other vegetative morphology is similar to other plants in this family. It seems to be most closely related to Lycium.

## Species

Plants of the World Online Accepts 72 species, listed below. Other sources range from 85 to 89 species.
* Nolana acuminata (Miers) Dunal
* Nolana adansonii (Schult.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana aenigma M.O.Dillon, S.Leiva & Quip.
* Nolana albescens (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana aplocaryoides (Gaudich.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana arenicola I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana arequipensis M.O.Dillon & Quip.
* Nolana baccata (Lindl.) Dunal
* Nolana balsamiflua (Gaudich.) Mesa
* Nolana bombonensis Quip. & M.O.Dillon
* Nolana callae Quip. & M.O.Dillon
* Nolana carnosa (Lindl.) Miers ex Dunal
* Nolana chancoana M.O.Dillon & Quip.
* Nolana chapiensis M.O.Dillon & Quip.
* Nolana clivicola (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana coelestis (Lindl.) Miers ex Dunal
* Nolana confinis (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana crassulifolia Kunze ex Walp.
* Nolana deflexa (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana dianae M.O.Dillon
* Nolana divaricata (Lindl.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana elegans (Phil.) Reiche
* Nolana filifolia (Hook. & Arn.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana flaccida (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana foliosa (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana galapagensis (Christoph.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana gayana (Gaudich.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana glauca (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana gracillima (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana hoxeyi M.O.Dillon & Quip.
* Nolana humifusa (Gouan) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana incana (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana inconspicua (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana inflata Ruiz & Pav.
* Nolana intonsa I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana jaffuelii I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana lachimbensis M.O.Dillon & Luebert
* Nolana latipes I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana laxa (Miers) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana leptophylla (Miers) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana lezamae M.O.Dillon, S.Leiva & Quip.
* Nolana linearifolia Phil.
* Nolana lycioides I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana mariarosae Ferreyra
* Nolana mollis (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana onoana M.O.Dillon & M.Nakaz.
* Nolana paradoxa Lindl.
* Nolana parviflora (Phil.) Phil.
* Nolana patachensis J.Hepp & M.O.Dillon
* Nolana peruviana (Gaudich.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana philippiana M.O.Dillon & Luebert
* Nolana platyphylla (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana polymorpha Gaudich.
* Nolana pterocarpa Phil. ex Wettst.
* Nolana quicachaensis Quip. & M.O.Dillon
* Nolana ramosissima I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana reichei M.O.Dillon & Arancio
* Nolana rhombifolia Martic. & Quezada
* Nolana rostrata (Lindl.) Miers ex Dunal
* Nolana rupicola Gaudich.
* Nolana salsoloides (Lindl.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana samaensis M.O.Dillon & Quip.
* Nolana scaposa Ferreyra
* Nolana sedifolia Poepp.
* Nolana sessiliflora Phil.
* Nolana sphaerophylla (Phil.) Mesa ex M.O.Dillon
* Nolana stenophylla I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana tarapacana (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana tocopillensis (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana tricotiflora Quip. & M.O.Dillon
* Nolana villosa (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
* Nolana werdermannii I.M.Johnst.