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5804.000 Oenothera - Evening primroses
Description of the genus
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate, entire to pinnatifid. Flowers in axils of often reduced leaves. Bracteoles 0. Hypanthium present. Sepals 4. Petals 4, yellow, white or purplish-rose. Stamens 8. Stigma deeply 4-lobed. Seeds glabrous.Evening primroses, so called because they often flower in the evening. Worldwide: 124 species in mainly temperate America, but widely naturalised elsewhere in the world. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| indecora Cambess. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E | |
| laciniata Hill | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| rosea L'Hér. ex Aiton | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| stricta Ledeb. ex Link | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| tetraptera Cav. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Oenothera:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Oenothera pageFlora of Mozambique: Oenothera
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Oenothera
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Oenothera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Oenothera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Oenothera
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Oenothera
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