4,402 observationsNot Evaluated
Cultivated tobacco
Nicotiana tabacum
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Plantae ›Phylum: Tracheophyta ›Class: Magnoliopsida ›Order: Solanales ›Family: Solanaceae ›Genus: Nicotiana
About
Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant. It is found only in cultivation, where it is the most commonly grown of all plants in the genus Nicotiana, and its leaves are commercially grown in many countries to be processed into tobacco. It grows to heights between 1 and 2 meters. Research is ongoing into its ancestry among wild Nicotiana species, but it is believed to be a hybrid of Nicotiana sylvestris, Nicotiana tomentosiformis,...
Frequently Asked Questions
- The scientific name of Cultivated tobacco is Nicotiana tabacum.
- The Cultivated tobacco has a conservation status of Not Evaluated.
- Cultivated tobacco belongs to the kingdom Plantae.
- Cultivated tobacco belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta.
- Cultivated tobacco belongs to the class Magnoliopsida.
- Cultivated tobacco belongs to the order Solanales.
- Cultivated tobacco belongs to the family Solanaceae.
- Cultivated tobacco belongs to the genus Nicotiana.