Nama (plant)

Nama
Nama demissa, Nevada desert
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Namaceae
Genus: Nama
L.
Type species
Nama jamaicense
L.
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Andropus Brand
  • Conanthus S.Watson
  • Lemmonia A.Gray
  • Marilaunidium Kuntze

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