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Magnoliopsida
Mirabilis L.
EOL Text
Erect, perennial herb with tuberous roots. Leaves opposite. Inflorescence cymose. Involucre of connate bracts calyx-like, 5-lobed. Flowers conspicuous, bisexual, ephemeral. Perianth tubular, with expanded 5-lobed limb; lower part persistent in fruit, upper part coloured. Stamens 5-6 (in ours), unequal. Fruit enclosed in a hardened perianth base.
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Mirabilis (four-o-clock (forb/shrub)) is prey of:
Lepus californicus
Lepus townsendii
Diptera
Auchenorrhyncha
Sternorrhyncha
Pogonomyrmex
Based on studies in:
USA: California, Cabrillo Point (Grassland)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- L. D. Harris and L. Paur, A quantitative food web analysis of a shortgrass community, Technical Report No. 154, Grassland Biome. U.S. International Biological Program (1972), from p. 17.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:44
Specimens with Sequences:57
Specimens with Barcodes:40
Species:13
Species With Barcodes:12
Public Records:15
Public Species:4
Public BINs:0
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ a b "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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