Mirabilis
- –Jalapa, Fam. Pl. 2: 265. 1763, nom. inval., syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)2
- Type: Mirabilis jalapa
- 1. Le-Duc, A. 1995: A revision of Mirabilis section Mirabilis (Nyctaginaceae). – Sida, Contributions to Botany 16: 613-648. http://doi.org/10.2307/41967178, 2. Kew WCVP (2019)
- =Jalapa, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: s.p. 1754 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)3
- =Nyctago, Gen. Pl.: 90. 1789 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)4
- =Calyxhymenia, Nov. Rar. Pl. Descr. Dec.: 5. 1797 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)5
- =Oxybaphus, Sp. Pl., ed. 4: 170, 185. 1797 syn. sec. Le-Duc 19956
- Type: Oxybaphus viscosus
- 6. Le-Duc, A. 1995: A revision of Mirabilis section Mirabilis (Nyctaginaceae). – Sida, Contributions to Botany 16: 613-648. http://doi.org/10.2307/41967178
- =Calymenia, Syn. Pl. 1: 36. 1805 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)7
- =Trimista in Autik. Bot.: 12. 1840 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)8
- =Hermidium, Botany [Fortieth Parallel] : 286. 1871 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)9
- =Allioniella in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 687. 1902 syn. sec. Le-Duc 199510
- Type: Allioniella oxybaphoides
- 10. Le-Duc, A. 1995: A revision of Mirabilis section Mirabilis (Nyctaginaceae). – Sida, Contributions to Botany 16: 613-648. http://doi.org/10.2307/41967178
- =Hesperonia in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 306, 360. 1909 syn. sec. Le-Duc 199511
- Type: Hesperonia californica
- 11. Le-Duc, A. 1995: A revision of Mirabilis section Mirabilis (Nyctaginaceae). – Sida, Contributions to Botany 16: 613-648. http://doi.org/10.2307/41967178
- –Vitmania, Icon. 3: 53. 1796, nom. inval., syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)12
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A genus with 50-60 American and one Asiatic species. It includes herbs, suffrutescent herbs and subshrubs characterised by the presence of involucres of accrescent bracts, often connate, which surround one or more flowers. Traditionally the genus was classified into six sections; some of them corresponding to previously separated genera. Molecular phylogenetic studies, which have mainly been focused on the North American species support the monophyly of the genus (Levin 2000; Douglas & Manos 2007) but not the monophyly of the sections. In order to achieve a natural subgeneric classification the South American species should be included in the sampling.A,B,C
Bibliography
A. 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: 856-872. http://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.94.5.856
B. Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., von Mering, S., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazan, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler, R., Ocampo, G. & Ochoterena, H. 2015: A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. – Willdenowia 45(3): 281-383. http://doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45301
C. Levin, R. A. 2000: Phylogenetic relationships within Nyctaginaceae tribe Nyctagineae: evidence from nuclear and chloroplast genomes. – Systematic Botany 25: 738 – 750. http://doi.org/10.2307/2666731