Oenothera macrocarpa

Oenothera macrocarpa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Onagraceae
Subfamilia: Onagroideae
Tribus: Onagreae
Genus: Oenothera
Sectio: O. sect. Megapterium
Species Oenothera macrocarpa
Subspecies:O. m. subsp. fremontii – O. m. subsp. incana – O. m. subsp. macrocarpa – O. m. subsp. mexicana – O. m. subsp. oklahomensis

Name

Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. (1813)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Megapterium macrocarpum (Nutt.) R.R.Gates, 1(4): 402. 1915 publ. 1914.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Oenothera macrocarpa Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast Introduced into: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nuttall, T. 1813: Catalogue of New and Interesting Plants Collected in Upper Louisiana no. 56.

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Oenothera macrocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 October 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Oenothera macrocarpa. Published online. Accessed: October 18 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Oenothera macrocarpa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 October 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Oenothera macrocarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 October 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Oenothera macrocarpa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2024 October 18.

Vernacular names

العربية: أخدرية كبيرة الثمار
čeština: Pupalka velkoplodá
English: bigfruit evening primrose, Missouri primrose
suomi: Isohelokki
polski: Wiesiołek ozdobny
svenska: Storblommigt nattljus
中文: 大果月见草, 密苏里月见草

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