Mirabilis (plant)

Genus of flowering plants

Mirabilis

Mirabilis jalapa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nyctaginaceae
Tribe:	Nyctagineae
Genus:	Mirabilis L. ^[1]
Species
About 60; see text.
Synonyms
Allioniella Rydb. Calymenia Pers. Calyxhymenia Ortega Hermidium S.Watson Hesperonia Standl. Nyctago Juss. Oxybaphus L’Hér. ex Willd. Quamoclidion Choisy^[1]

Mirabilis is a genus of plants in the family Nyctaginaceae known as the four-o'clocks or umbrellaworts.^[2] 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, often fragrant, deep-throated flowers.

Although best known as ornamental plants, at least one species, mauka (M. expansa ), is grown for food.

Selected species

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Mirabilis albida (Walter) Heimerl
Mirabilis alipes (S.Watson) Pilz
Mirabilis coccinea (Torr.) Benth. & Hook.f.
Mirabilis elegans (Choisy) Heimerl
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.^[3]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Genus: Mirabilis L". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010年07月07日. Archived from the original on 2009年01月15日. Retrieved 2012年11月28日.
^ Yatskievych, George (2013). Steyermark's Flora of Missouri: Volume 3. St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-915279-13-5.
^ "GRIN Species Records of Mirabilis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2000年12月12日. Retrieved 2012年11月28日.