| Home | > | List of families | > | Nyctaginaceae | > | Mirabilis |
2347.000 Mirabilis
Description of the genus
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. Derivation of name: Latin for wonderful. Worldwide: 54 species from warm regions of America, with 1 in the Himalayas Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
 |
Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| jalapa L. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Mirabilis:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: MirabilisFlora of Malawi: Mirabilis
Flora of Mozambique: Mirabilis
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Mirabilis
Flora of Zambia: Mirabilis
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Mirabilis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MirabilisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Mirabilis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Mirabilis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Mirabilis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Mirabilis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Mirabilis
JSTOR Plant Science: Mirabilis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Mirabilis
Plants of the World Online: Mirabilis
Tropicos: Mirabilis
Wikipedia: Mirabilis
| Home | > | List of families | > | Nyctaginaceae | > | Mirabilis |