Family: Nyctaginaceae
Mirabilis
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 177 (1753).
Derivation: Latin mirabilis, wonderful.
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Perennial herbs, erect, glabrous or glandular-pubescent; leaves opposite, petiolate.
Flowers showy, in few-flowered cymes, subsessile, each subtended by a 5-lobed involucre; petaloid part of perianth 5-lobed, much longer than the lower part; stamens 3-6, attached at the base of the perianth; ovary erect, subsessile, within the lower part of the perianth; style simple, capitate with short lobes to fimbriate; anthocarp with few to many ribs, striations or knobs, subglobular.
Distribution:
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About 60 species, mainly American.
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Biology:
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Author:
Not yet available
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