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May 2019

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genus

Oenothera L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 346 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000026653.

Synonyms of Oenothera

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Onagra Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) 1754. wfo-4000026831

Species in Oenothera ( showing species 1 to 10 of 486)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Oenothera aberrans Lutz Amer. J. Bot. 3: 512 (1916) wfo-0000390586
Oenothera abramsii J.F.Macbr. Contr. Gray Herb. 65: 41. 1922 wfo-0001087807
Oenothera acaulis Cav. Icon. 4: 68 (1798) wfo-0001087705
Oenothera acuminata Phil. wfo-0001087474
Oenothera acutifolia Rostański Phytotaxa 427(1): 75. 2019 wfo-0000389507
Oenothera acutissima W.L.Wagner Syst. Bot. 6: 153 (1981) wfo-0001087439
Oenothera adriatica Soldano Nat. Bresciana 28: 103 (1992 publ. 1993) wfo-0000389506
Oenothera affinis Cambess. Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 269 (1830) wfo-0000389505
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Oenothera berteroana Spach Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 343 1835 wfo-0001087477
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Oenothera chilensis Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Sem. (St. Petersburg) 45 1835 wfo-0001284966
Oenothera agari R.R.Gates Canad. Field-Naturalist 41: 24 (1927) wfo-0000389503
Oenothera agassizia Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 206 (1841) wfo-0000389502

Unplaced Names ( showing unplaced names 1 to 0 of 0)

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Oenothera:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Oenothera anomala Curtis Bot. Mag. 11: t. 388 1797 wfo-0000389554
Oenothera arida W.L.Wagner & Hoch Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 211 2007 wfo-0000509861
Oenothera campestris subsp. parishii (Abrams) Munz N. Amer. Fl., ser. 2, 5: 158 1965 wfo-0001087806
Oenothera canovirens var. cymotilis (Bartlett) R.R.Gates Rhodora 59(697): 14 1957 wfo-0001244597
Oenothera cheiranthifolia var. contorta (Douglas) H.Lév. Monogr. Onothera 216 1905 wfo-0001235327
Oenothera cheiranthifolia var. nitida (Greene) Munz Bot. Gaz. 85(3): 269 1928 wfo-0001087750
Oenothera cheiranthifolia var. viridescens (Hook.) Hoover Vasc. Pl. San Luis Obispo Co. 207 1970 wfo-0001276672
Oenothera cleistogama H.Lév. Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 18: 304 1908 wfo-0000389536
Oenothera diffusa Nutt. Fl. N. Amer. 1: 513 1840 wfo-0000389436
Oenothera elegans H.Lév. Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 18: 289 1908 wfo-0000389386