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Nothocestrum
Sign in to saveNothocestrum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It contains four species of large shrubs or small trees that are endemic to Hawaii, where they are known as aiea.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSolanales
- FamilySolanaceae
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Nothocestrum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It contains four species of large shrubs or small trees that are endemic to Hawaii, where they are known as aiea.
==Species== Nothocestrum breviflorum A.Gray – Smallflower aiea (island of Hawaii) Nothocestrum latifolium A.Gray – Broadleaf aiea (Maui, Molokai, Lānai, Oahu, Kauai) Nothocestrum longifolium A.Gray – Longleaf aiea (island of Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Lānai, Oahu, Kauai) Nothocestrum peltatum Skottsb. – Oahu aiea (Kauai)