Mirabilis (plant)
| Mirabilis | |
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| Mirabilis jalapa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Tribe: | Nyctagineae |
| Genus: | Mirabilis L.[1] |
| Species | |
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About 60; see text. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Allioniella Rydb. | |
Mirabilis is a genus of plants in the family Nyctaginaceae known as the four o'clocks. The best known species may be Mirabilis jalapa, the plant most commonly called four o'clock.
There are several dozen species in the genus, of herbaceous plants, mostly found in the Americas. Some form tuberous roots that enable them to perennate through dry and cool seasons. They have small, deep-throated flowers, often fragrant.
Although best known as ornamental plants, at least one species, mauka (M. expansa), is grown for food.
Selected species
- Mirabilis albida (Walter) Heimerl
- Mirabilis alipes (S.Watson) Pilz
- Mirabilis coccinea (Torr.) Benth. & Hook.f.
- Mirabilis expansa (Ruiz & Pav.) Standl.
- Mirabilis greenei S.Watson
- Mirabilis himalaica (Edgew.) Heimerl
- Mirabilis himalaica var. chinensis Heimerl
- Mirabilis himalaica var. himalaica
- Mirabilis jalapa L.
- Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran
- Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia (Choisy) Spellenb.
- Mirabilis laevis var. laevis
- Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa (A.Heller) Jeps.
- Mirabilis laevis var. villosa (Kellogg) Spellenb.
- Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl
- Mirabilis linearis var. decipiens (Standl.) S.L.Welsh
- Mirabilis linearis var. linearis
- Mirabilis linearis var. subhispida (Heimerl) Spellenb.
- Mirabilis longiflora L.
- Mirabilis macfarlanei Constance & Rollins
- Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) A.Gray
- Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacMill.
- Mirabilis oblongifolia
- Mirabilis oxybaphoides (A.Gray) A.Gray
- Mirabilis pumila
- Mirabilis rotundifolia (Greene) Standl.
- Mirabilis tenuiloba
- Mirabilis viscosa Cav.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Genus: Mirabilis L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Mirabilis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
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