Don, G. (1837), A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 4(1): 465 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Nicotiana acuminata (Grah.) Hook.

Comes, O. (1899), Monografia del genere Nicotiana: 33 [secondary reference]

Goodspeed, T.H. (1945), Studies in Nicotiana: III. A taxonomic organization of the genus. University of California Publications in Botany 18: 339 [basionym]

basionym of: Nicotiana subg. Petunioides (G.Don) Goodsp. legitimate

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