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5804.000 Oenothera - Evening primroses
Description of the genus
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate, entire to pinnatifid. Flowers in axils of often reduced leaves. Bracteoles 0. Hypanthium present. Sepals 4. Petals 4, yellow, white or purplish-rose. Stamens 8. Stigma deeply 4-lobed. Seeds glabrous. Evening primroses, so called because they often flower in the evening. Worldwide: 124 species in mainly temperate America, but widely naturalised elsewhere in the world. Zimbabwe: 5 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| indecora Cambess. | N,C,E | Description |
| laciniata Hill | E | |
| rosea L'Hér. ex Aiton | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| stricta Ledeb. ex Link | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| tetraptera Cav. | C,E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Oenothera:
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Flora of Botswana: OenotheraFlora of Mozambique: Oenothera
Flora of Zambia: Oenothera
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Oenothera
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): OenotheraBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Oenothera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Oenothera
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Oenothera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Oenothera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Oenothera
JSTOR Plant Science: Oenothera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Oenothera
Plants of the World Online: Oenothera
Tropicos: Oenothera
Wikipedia: Oenothera
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