Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, E, 80

Authors:

Linnaeus, Carl von

Published In: Species Plantarum 1: 177. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)
Annotation: as "Jalapa"

Type-Protologue

Locality: Habitat in India utraque

Type Specimens

• LT: Herb. Linn. - 240.2 - LINN - (/A:240.2). (LINN - (/A:240.2)) LT designated as "type".

  • Lectotype designated by:  Larsen, K. 1989. Caryophyllales. Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam 24: 108.
• LT: Herb. Clifford 53, Mirabilis no. 1n; ; LT designated superfluously by Le Duc in Jarvis et al.

  • Lectotype designated by:  Jarvis, C. E., F. R. Barrie, D. M. Allan & J. L. Reveal. 1993. A list of Linnaean generic names and their types. Regnum Veg. 127: 67.

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Caryophyllanae Takht.
• order:  !Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  !!Nyctaginaceae Juss.
• genus:  !Mirabilis L.

Other names for this basionym:

Nyctago jalapa (L.) DC.

Projects: Antioquia , Bolivia , China , Costa Rica , Ecuador , IPCN , Madagascar , Madidi Checklist , Mesoamericana , Nicaragua , Pakistan , Panama , Peru , Selva Central Peru , VPA

Common Names:

• "Buenas Tardes" (Peru)
  • No References available
• beauty-of-the-night (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• four-o'clock (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• Maravilla (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• maravilla (Spanish)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• marvel-of-Peru (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• zi mo li
  • No References available

Keywords: BCA, BOL, CEC, FCC, FM, FNA, FVG, MAD, MCH, VPA, FWT