''Nicandra '' is a genus of flowering plant in the family

Solanaceae The Solanaceae , or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and orn ...

, native to western South America. It was first described by Michel Adanson in 1763. The genus is named for Greek poet

Nicander Nicander of Colophon ( grc-gre, Νίκανδρος ὁ Κολοφώνιος, Níkandros ho Kolophṓnios; fl. 2nd century BC), Greek poet, physician and grammarian, was born at Claros (Ahmetbeyli in modern Turkey), near Colophon, where his famil ...

of Colophon, who wrote about plants – notably in his poem ''Alexipharmaca'', which treats of poisons and their antidotes. ,

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accepted three species: *''

Nicandra john-tyleriana ''Nicandra '' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to western South America. It was first described by Michel Adanson in 1763. The genus is named for Greek poet Nicander of Colophon, who wrote about plants – notably ...

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Nicandra physalodes ''Nicandra physalodes'' is a species of flowering plant in subfamily Solanoideae of the nightshade family. It is known by the common names apple-of-Peru and shoo-fly plant. It is thought originally to have been native to western South America, in ...

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Nicandra yacheriana ''Nicandra '' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to western South America. It was first described by Michel Adanson in 1763. The genus is named for Greek poet Nicander of Colophon, who wrote about plants – notably ...

'' S.Leiva From 1763 until 2007, when ''Nicandra john-tyleriana'' was described, the only species in the genus was ''Nicandra physalodes''. A third species, ''Nicandra yacheriana'', was described in 2010.

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Solanoideae Solanaceae genera {{Solanales-stub