Nyctaginaceae

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Nyctaginaceae
Tribus: Boldoeae – Bougainvilleeae – Caribeeae – Colignonieae – Leucastereae – Nyctagineae – Pisonieae
Genera: Abronia – Acleisanthes – Allionia – Andradea – Anulocaulis – Belemia – Boerhavia – Boldoa – Bougainvillea – Caribea – Ceodes – Cephalotomandra – Colignonia – Commicarpus – Cryptocarpus – Cuscatlania – Cyphomeris – Grajalesia – Guapira – Leucaster – Mirabilis – Neea – Neeopsis – Nyctaginia – Okenia – Oxybaphus – Phaeoptilum – Pisonia – Pisoniella – Quamoclidion – Ramisia – Reichenbachia – Salpianthus – Tripterocalyx

Name[edit]

Nyctaginaceae Juss. Gen. Pl. 90. (1789) nom. cons. as "Nyctagines"

Type genus: Nyctago Juss. Gen. Pl. 90. (1789) nom. illeg. superfl. vide Mirabilis L. Sp. Pl. 1: 177. (1753)

Synonyms[edit]

Allioniaceae Horan. Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 68. (1834)
Bougainvilleaceae J.Agardh Theoria Syst. Pl. 364. (1858)
Pisoniaceae J.Agardh Theoria Syst. Pl. 363. (1858)
Mirabilidaceae W.R.B.Oliv. Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 66: 294. (1936)

References[edit]

Jussieu, A.L. de 1789. Genera Plantarum 90.
Douglas, N.A. & Manos, P.S. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of Nyctaginaceae: taxonomy, biogeography, and characters associated with a radiation of xerophytic genera in North America. American Journal of Botany 94(5): 856-872. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.5.856 Full text PDF Reference page.
Douglas N.A. & Spellenberg R. 2010. A new tribal classification of Nyctaginaceae. Taxon 59: 905–910. Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Nyctaginaceae. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 27 2017.
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2017. Nyctaginaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 May 2017.

Vernacular names[edit]

Deutsch: Wunderblumengewächse
English: Four O'Clock Family
español: Nictagináceas
suomi: Ihmekukkakasvit
français: Nyctaginacées
magyar: Csodatölcsérfélék, éjjelnyílók
한국어: 분꽃과
norsk: Mirakelblomstfamilien
polski: Dziwaczkowate
svenska: Underblommeväxter
中文: 紫茉莉科

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