Nama (plant)

Nama
Nama demissum, Nevada desert
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	(unplaced)
Family:	Boraginaceae
Subfamily:	Hydrophylloideae
Genus:	Nama L.
Type species
Nama jamaicensis
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Andropus Brand Conanthus S.Watson

Nama is a genus of herbaceous plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Most are found in North America. Many are known by the common name fiddleleaf.

Selected species

Nama aretioides (Hook. & Arn.) Brand – ground nama Nama arizonicum Bacon – Arizona fiddleleaf Nama californicum (A.Gray) Bacon – California fiddleleaf Nama carnosum (Woot.) C.L.Hitchc. – sand fiddleleaf Nama demissum A.Gray – purple mat Nama densum J.G.Lemmon – leafy nama Nama depressum J.G. & S.A. Lemmon ex A.Gray – depressed fiddleleaf Nama dichotomum (Ruiz & Pavón) Choisy – wishbone fiddleleaf Nama havardii A.Gray – Havard's fiddleleaf Nama hispidum A.Gray – sand bells, bristly nama Nama jamaicense L. – Jamaicanweed Nama lobbii A.Gray – Lobb's fiddleleaf Nama macranthum (Choisy) Brand – royal fiddleleaf

Nama parvifolium (Torr.) Greenm. – small-leaf fiddleleaf Nama pusillum J.G. & S.A. Lemmon ex A.Gray – eggleaf fiddleleaf Nama retrorsum J.T.Howell – betatakin fiddleleaf Nama rothrockii A.Gray – Rothrock's fiddleleaf Nama sandwicense A.Gray – hinahina kahakai Nama serpylloides A.Gray ex Hemsl. – velvet fiddleleaf Nama stenocarpum A.Gray – mud fiddleleaf Nama stenophyllum A.Gray ex Hemsl. – slimpod fiddleleaf Nama stevensii C.L.Hitchc. – Stevens' fiddleleaf Nama torynophyllum Greenm. – matted fiddleleaf Nama undulatum Kunth – whitewhisker fiddleleaf Nama xylopodum (Woot. & Standl.) C.L.Hitchc. – yellowseed fiddleleaf

Formerly placed here

• Evolvulus convolvuloides (Willd.) Stearn (as N. convolvuloides Willd.)
• Eriodictyon parryi (A.Gray) Greene (as N. parryi A.Gray)

External links

• USDA PLANTS Profile