Nicotiana

The name Nicotiana he derives from D. Johanne Nicotino Nemansensi, of the council of Francis II., who first introduced the plant into France.

The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

The botanists, when they came to procure specimens of the different species of the plant, and to add it to their catalogues, gave to the genus the name Nicotiana, from the name of the French minister, who was the first to bring it into notice in Europe.

Aboriginal America 1860

Frenchman, being agent in Portugall for the French King, sent this sort of tobacco [Brazil] and not any other to the French Queene, and is called therefore herba Regina, and from Nicotiana, which is probably because the

Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings

This herbe is called Nicotiana of the name of an ambassador which brought the first knowledge of it into this realme, in like manner as many plants do as yet retaine the names of certaine Greekes and Romans, who being strangers in divers countries, for their common-wealth's service, have from thence indowed their own countree with many plants, whereof there was no knowledge before.

Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings

John Nicot, (whence it obtains its common name Nicotiana) Lord of

The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Various 1821

Those plants are Nicotiana and have a heady perfume.

not an urban forest Another Outspoken Female 2009

Start with Origin of Species for examples, such as Nicotiana.

At What Level did this Evolve? 2009

Inside, it's a place where Dink, Robbo and Prem quaff home brew, put flame to their Nicotiana tabacum and discuss the relative merits of carrot varieties.

Outer Sanctum: Why we love to step outside the box to think inside the shed 2010

I was pleased I had added this layer of annuals and, joining them, the Nicotiana sylvestris were standing tall, their evening perfume hanging on the accumulated warmth of a late August day.

Summer podding 2010

Temperature effects on the formation of DNA damage in Nicotiana tabacum leaf discs induced by UV-B irradiation.

General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009