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Mirabilis jalapa L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl.: 177.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Caryophyllales
family
Nyctaginaceae
genus
Mirabilis
species
Mirabilis jalapa

Name

Synonyms
Jalapa congesta Moench
Jalapa dichotoma (L.) Crantz
Jalapa officinalis Crantz
Jalapa officinalis Garsault
Jalapa officinarum Martyn
Jalapa undulata Moench
Mirabilis ambigua Trautv.
Mirabilis cordata Brouss.
Mirabilis cordata Brouss. ex Roem. & Schult.
Mirabilis dichotoma Gaterau
Mirabilis dichotoma L.
Mirabilis divaricata Lowe
Mirabilis divaricata var. uniflora (Schrank) Choisy
Mirabilis gracilis (Standl.) LeDuc
Mirabilis hybrida Lepell.
Mirabilis jalapa f. dichlamydomorpha (Makino) Hiyama
Mirabilis jalapa f. eujalapa Heimerl
Mirabilis jalapa f. odorata (L.) Heimerl, 1896
Mirabilis jalapa f. parviflora Heimerl
Mirabilis jalapa subsp. ciliata Standl.
Homonyms
Mirabilis jalapa L.
Common names
Beauty-of-the-night in English
Bella di notte in Italian
Bella di notte comune in Italian
Belle de nuit in French
Belle-de-nuit in French
Belle-de-nuit, Merveille du Pérou in French
Belle-de-nuit, Merveille du Pérou, Faux jalape in French
Common Four O'clock in English
False Jalap in English
Floranarabu in language.
Four-o'clock in English
Four-o'clock in English
Fu mwarabu in language.
Gewöhnliche Wunderblume in German
Hummejr in Maltese
Marvel Of Peru in English
Marvel of Peru in English
Marvel of peru in English
Marvel-of-Peru in English
Merveille du Perou in French
Merveille du Pérou in French
Vidunderblomst in Danish
Wunderblume in German
Wunderblume in German
arrebique in Portuguese
arrebolera in Spanish
beauty-of-the-night in English
bella de noche in Spanish
bella di notte in Italian
belle-de-nuit in French
boa-morte in Portuguese
boa-noite in Portuguese
boas-noites in Portuguese
boas-noites in Spanish
bom-dia in Portuguese
bonina in Portuguese
buenas noches in Spanish
buenas tardes in Spanish
common four o'clock in English
common four-o'clock in English
deilino in Greek, Modern (1453-)
dila-dila in language.
don diego in Spanish
don pedro in Spanish
dondiego in Spanish
dondiego de noche in Spanish
donjuán de noche in Spanish
eucalipto azul in Spanish
falsa jalapa in Spanish
false jalap in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  2. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter
  3. Sp. Pl.,1:177.,1753
  4. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021cyu), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=MIJA
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