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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.

Statistics

Synonyms of Oenothera

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Anogra Spach Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 339 (1835) wfo-4000002267
Baumannia Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 4: 351 (1835) wfo-4000004244
Blennoderma Spach Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 406 (1835 publ. 1836) wfo-4000004754
Brunyera Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 648. 1899. wfo-4000005548
Calylophus Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 4: 272 (1835) wfo-4000006267
Galpinsia Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 236 (1894) wfo-4000015256
Gaura L. Sp. Pl. : 347 (1753) wfo-4000015406
Gaurella Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 188 (1896) wfo-4000015407
Gauridium Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 4: 379. 1835. wfo-4000015408
Hartmannia Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 4: 370 (1835) wfo-4000016987
Kneiffia Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 4: 73 (1835) wfo-4000020089
Lavauxia Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 4: 366 (1835) wfo-4000020775
Megapterium Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 4: 363 (1835) wfo-4000023508
Meriolix Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 182 (1819) wfo-4000023794
Onagra Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 : s.p. (1754) wfo-4000026831
Onosuris Raf. Fl. Ludov. : 95 (1817) wfo-4000026893
Pachylophus Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 4: 365. 1835. wfo-4000027670
Peniophyllum Pennell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 373 (1919) wfo-4000028540
Raimannia Rose ex Britton & A.Br. Ill. Fl. N. U.S. , ed. 2, 2: 596 (1913) wfo-4000032492
Salpingia (Torr. & A.Gray) Raim. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 96[III,7]: 217. 1893. wfo-4000033870
Schizocarya Spach Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4(4): 325, 381–384. 1835[1836]. wfo-4000034410
Stenosiphon Spach Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4(4): 384. 1836 [dt. 1835; publ. Apr 1836] wfo-4000036539
Usoricum Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 481 (1916) wfo-4000039894
Xylopleurum Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 4: 378 (1835) wfo-4000041035
Pleurostemon Raf. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 258. 1819 wfo-4000044087
Dictyopetalum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 2: 45 (1836) wfo-4000044398
Pseudo-oenothera Rupr. Fl. Ingr. : 365 (1860) wfo-4000045233
Pleurandra Raf. Fl. Ludov. : 95 (1817) wfo-4100004594
Antogoeringia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 250 (1891) wfo-4100004595
Gauropsis (Torr. & Frém.) Cockerell Bot. Gaz. 30: 351 (1900) wfo-4100004598

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

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