Characteristics
Dicots
Okenia hypogaea Schltdl. & Cham.
BURROWING FOUR-O'CLOCK; BEACH PEANUT
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Okenia, with up to 18 stamens per flower and geocarpic fruits, is possibly sister to the genus Boerhavia (based on ITS and plastid DNA) or embedded in the Boerhavia lineage (based predominantly on plastid DNA) (Douglas & Manos 2007).
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Classification
CARYOPHYLLALES
Okenia hypogaea Schltdl. & Cham. - BURROWING FOUR-O'CLOCK; BEACH PEANUT
Citation
OKENIA HYPOGAEA Schlechtendal & Chamisso, Linnaea 5: 92. 1830.
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MEXICO: Veracruz: Prope Veracruz, s.d., Schiede & Deppe s.n. (holotype: ?; foto F, foto XAL).
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