Mirabilis
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Mirabilis

beauty-of-the-night
four o'clock
marvel-of-peru
mauka
wishbone-bush

Hierarchical position of the Genus Mirabilis

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb
pub. 1826
  
   Familia  Nyctaginaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 90. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Four o'clock
  
   Tribus  Mirabilideae Meisn.
pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 318, Comm. 229. 18-24 Jul 1841.
  
   Genus  Mirabilis L.
pub. (1753)
common name: four o'clock
  

Named members of the Genus Mirabilis

1
   Species  albida (Walt.) Heimerl
 
2
   Varietas  lata Shinners
syn. Mirabilis albida
3
   Varietas  uniflora Heimerl
syn. Mirabilis albida
4
   Species  alipes (S. Wats.) Pilz
common name: winged four o'clock
5
   Species  aspera Greene
syn. Mirabilis bigelovii var. bigelovii
6
   Species  austrotexana B.L. Turner
common name: Lonestar four o'clock
7
   Species  bigelovii Gray
 
8
   Varietas  aspera (Greene) Munz
syn. Mirabilis bigelovii var. bigelovii
9
   Varietas  bigelovii
common name: wishbone-bush
10
   Varietas  retrorsa (Heller) Munz
common name: wishbone-bush
11
   Species  californica Gray
 
12
   Varietas  californica
common name: California four o'clock
13
   Varietas  cedrosensis (Standl.) J.F. Macbr.
common name: California four o'clock
14
   Varietas  cordifolia (Dunkle) Dunkle
common name: California four o'clock
15
   Species  carletonii (Standl.) Standl.
syn. Mirabilis glabra
16
   Species  ciliata (Standl.) Shinners
syn. Mirabilis glabra
17
   Species  coahuilensis (Standl.) Standl.
syn. Mirabilis albida
18
   Species  coccinea (Torr.) Benth. & Hook. f.
common name: scarlet four o'clock
19
   Species  collina Shinners
syn. Mirabilis nyctaginea
20
   Species  comata (Small) Standl.
common name: hairy-tuft four o'clock
21
   Species  corymbosa Cav.
syn. Mirabilis glabrifolia
22
   Species  decipiens (Standl.) Standl.
common name: broadleaf four o'clock
23
   Species  decumbens (Nutt.) Daniels
syn. Mirabilis linearis
24
   Species  diffusa (Heller) C.F. Reed
syn. Mirabilis linearis
25
   Species  dumetorum Shinners
syn. Mirabilis albida
26
   Species  entricha Shinners
syn. Mirabilis albida
27
   Species  exaltata (Standl.) Standl.
syn. Mirabilis glabra
28
   Species  expansa (Ruiz & Pavon) Standley
common name: mauka
29
   Species  froebelii (Behr) Greene
 
30
   Varietas  glabrata (Standl.) Jepson
syn. Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens
31
   Species  gausapoides (Standl.) Standl.
syn. Mirabilis linearis
32
   Species  gigantea (Standl.) Shinners
common name: giant four o'clock
33
   Species  glabra (S. Wats.) Standl.
common name: smooth four o'clock
34
   Species  glabrifolia (Ortega) I.M. Johnston
common name: flat-top four o'clock
35
   Species  glandulosa (Standl.) W.A. Weber
syn. Mirabilis multiflora var. glandulosa
36
   Species  grayana (Standl.) Standl.
syn. Mirabilis albida
37
   Species  greenei S. Wats.
common name: Greene's four o'clock
38
   Species  hirsuta (Pursh) MacM.
 
39
   Varietas  linearis (Pursh) Boivin
syn. Mirabilis linearis
40
   Species  jalapa L.
common name: beauty-of-the-night, marvel-of-Peru, four o'clock
  
 
41
   Subspecies  lindheimeri Standl.
syn. Mirabilis jalapa
42
   Species  laevis (Benth.) Curran
 
43
   Varietas  cedrosensis (Standl.) Munz
syn. Mirabilis californica var. cedrosensis
44
   Varietas  cordifolia Dunkle
syn. Mirabilis californica var. cordifolia
45
   Species  lanceolata (Rydb.) Standl.
syn. Mirabilis linearis
46
   Species  lindheimeri (Standl.) Shinners
syn. Mirabilis jalapa
47
   Species  linearis (Pursh) Heimerl
 
48
   Varietas  decipiens (Standl.) Welsh
syn. Mirabilis decipiens
49
   Varietas  subhispida Heimerl
syn. Mirabilis linearis
50
   Species  longiflora L.   
 
51
   Varietas  wrightiana (Gray ex Britt. & Kearney) Kearney & Pee
common name: sweet four o'clock
52
   Species  macfarlanei Constance & Rollins
common name: MacFarlane's four o'clock
53
   Species  multiflora (Torr.) Gray
 
54
   Varietas  glandulosa (Standl.) J.F. Macbr.
common name: Colorado four o'clock
55
   Varietas  multiflora
common name: Colorado four o'clock
56
   Varietas  pubescens S. Wats.
common name: Colorado four o'clock
57
   Species  nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.
common name: heartleaf four o'clock
58
   Species  oblongifolia (Gray) Heimerl
syn. Mirabilis albida
59
   Species  oxybaphoides (Gray) Gray
common name: smooth spreading four o'clock
60
   Species  pauciflora (Buckl.) Standl.
syn. Mirabilis albida
61
   Species  polyphylla (Standl.) Standl.
common name: mayleaf four o'clock
62
   Species  pseudaggregata Heimerl
syn. Mirabilis albida
63
   Species  pudica Barneby
 
64
   Varietas  pubescens Kartesz & Gandhi
common name: bashful four o'clock
65
   Varietas  pudica
common name: bashful four o'clock
66
   Species  pumila (Standl.) Standl.
common name: dwarf four o'clock
67
   Species  retrorsa Heller
syn. Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa
68
   Species  rotata (Standl.) I.M. Johnston
syn. Mirabilis albida
69
   Species  rotundifolia (Greene) Standl.
common name: roundleaf four o'clock
70
   Species  tenuiloba S. Wats.
common name: longlobe four o'clock
71
   Species  texensis (Coult.) B.L. Turner
common name: Texas four o'clock
72
   Species  wrightiana Gray ex Britt. & Kearney
syn. Mirabilis longiflora var. wrightiana

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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