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Mirabilis Linn., Sp. Pl. 177. 1753. and Gen. Pl. ed. 5. 82. 1754; Bailey, Stand. Encyclop. Hort. 4: 2056. 1919; Shishkin in Komarov, Fl. URSS. 6:371. 1936; Webb in Tutin et al., Fl. Eur. 1: 111. 1964; Hutch., Gen. Flow. Pl. 2: 270. 1967.
Perennial herbs with opposite leaves. Flowers in axillary cymes, showy and surrounded by an involucre of 5 bracts. Perianth infundibuliform, constricted above the ovary; limb 5-lobed, deciduous. Stamens 5-6, exserted. Style 1, stigma capitate. Anthocarp coriaceous, ribbed. Nut ribbed.
A genus of c. 60 species, mainly American. Represented here by 1 cultivated species which is often found as an escape.
Lower Taxon
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