Mirabilis

Mirabilis albida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Nyctaginaceae
Tribus: Nyctagineae
Genus: Mirabilis
Sectiones: M. sect. Mirabilis – M. sect. Mirabilopsis – M. sect. Oxybaphoides – M. sect. Oxybaphus – M. sect. Quamoclidion

Name

Mirabilis L., 1753.

Typus: M. jalapa L.

Synonyms

• • Homotypic
  • Admirabilis Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 280. 1914.
  • Jalapa Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4. 1754.
  • Nyctago Juss., Gen. 90. 4 Aug 1789.

• • Heterotypic
  • Allioniella Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 687. 1902.
  • Calyxhymenia Ortega, Nov. Rar. Pl. Matrit. 5. 1797.
  • Hermidium S.Watson, U.S. Geol. Explor. 40th Parallel, Bot. 286. 1871.
  • Hesperonia Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 306, 360. 1909.
  • Oxybaphus L'Hér. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 170, 185. 1797.
  • Quamoclidion Choisy, Prodr. 13(2): 429. 5 Mai 1849.

References

• International Plant Names Index: 2009. Mirabilis . Published on the Internet. Accessed 31 January 2009
• Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species Plantarum, Tomus I: 177.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mirabilis and its species list in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Wunderblumen
English: Four o'Clocks
polski: Dziwaczek
svenska: Underblomssläktet

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