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Mirabilis sect. Mirabilopsis
Beitr. Syst. Nyctag., 23. 1897.
Herbs, perennial; roots cylindric, cordlike. Stems ascending, openly forked, sparsely leafy, leaves ± evenly distributed. Leaves sessile or subsessile, ± equal proximal to inflorescence, margins entire. Inflorescences axillary and terminal in open, few-branched cymes; involucres not or only slightly accrescent, widely bell-shaped, with 1–3 flowers inserted at base. Flowers: perianth funnelform, gradually expanded from narrow tube; stamens 5. Fruits with 5 low, prominent ribs or blunt angles, narrowly obovate, base prominently constricted, apex nipplelike, surface of fruit smooth or tuberculate, spreading-puberulent, mucilaginous when wetted.
Distribution
sw United States, n Mexico
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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low +
prominent +
blunt +
nipplelike +
glutinous +
symmetric +
undulate;plane;linear;ovate or more or less round +
fleshy +
calyxlike +
colored +
persistent +
ovate +
colorful +
not showy +
large +
varying +
absent +
foliaceous +
scanty +
connate +
incomplete +
symmetric +
aerial +
obovate +
accessory +
1-carpellate +
cymose +
racemose +
axillary +
pedunculate +
subtending +
bell--shaped +
accrescent +
herbaceous;papery +
single +
distributed +
proximal +
equal +
5-lobed +
basal +
symmetric +
campanulate +
expanded +
abundant +
basal +
Beitr. Syst. Nyctag., +
1897 +
separated +
angular +
low +
prominent +
coriaceous +
varying +
obtuse +
tuberous +
fibrous;fleshy +
membranaceous +
connate +
wrinkled +
alternate +
exserted +
varying +
leafy +
procumbent +
ascending +
forked +
capitate +
filiform +
broad +
mucilaginous +
spreading-puberulent +
tuberous +
slender +
Mirabilis sect. Mirabilopsis +
Mirabilis +
section +
gland-tipped +
curved +
narrow +
viscid +
perennial +