Characteristics
Dicots
Oenothera biennis L.
COMMON EVENINGPRIMROSE
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Native
FACU (NWPL)
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Classification
Citation
OENOTHERA BIENNIS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 346. 1753.
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Without data (lectotype: LINN 484.1). Lectotypified by R. R. Gates, Amer. Naturalist 45: 587. 1911.
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Synonyms
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Brunyera biennis
Brunyera biennis (Linnaeus) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 649. 1899.
BASIONYM: Oenothera biennis Linnaeus 1753.
Oenothera biennis forma muricata
Oenothera biennis Linnaeus, forma muricata (Linnaeus) B. Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 93: 644. 1966.
BASIONYM: Oenothera muricata Linnaeus 1767.
Oenothera biennis subsp. caeciarum
Oenothera biennis Linnaeus, subsp. caeciarum Munz, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl., ser. 2. 5: 133. 1965.
TYPE: NEW HAMPSHIRE: Hillsborough Co.: Hollis, cult. in California, 24 Jul 1936, Munz 14219 (holotype: POM; isotypes: POM 2 shts).
Oenothera biennis subsp. centralis
Oenothera biennis Linnaeus, subsp. centralis Munz, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl., ser. 2. 5: 134. 1965.
TYPE: KENTUCKY: McCracken Co.: 11 mi. W of Paducah, 29 Aug 1935, Munz 13542 (holotype: POM; isotypes: BH, IND, NY).
Oenothera biennis subsp. chicaginensis
Oenothera biennis Linnaeus, subsp. chicaginensis (de Vries ex Renner & Cleland) Á. Löve & D. Löve, Opera Bot. 5: 258. 1961.
BASIONYM: Oenothera chicaginensis de Vries ex Renner & Cleland 1933.
Oenothera biennis subsp. grandiflora
Oenothera biennis Linnaeus, subsp. grandiflora Stomps, Receuil Trav. Bot. Neerl. 41: 135. 1948, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Oenothera biennis Linnaeus, subsp. suaveolens (Persoon) Rouy & Camus 1901; Oenothera suaveolens Persoon 1805.
Oenothera biennis subsp. rubricaulis
Oenothera biennis Linnaeus, subsp. rubricaulis (Klebahn) Stomps, Recueil Trav. Bot. Neerl. 41: 136. 1948.
BASIONYM: Oenothera rubricaulis Klebahn 1914.
Oenothera biennis subsp. suaveolens
Oenothera biennis Linnaeus, subsp. suaveolens (Persoon) Rouy & Camus, Fl. France 7: 200. 1901.
BASIONYM: Oenothera suaveolens Persoon 1805.
Oenothera biennis var. leptomeres
Oenothera biennis Linnaeus, var. leptomeres Bartlett, Amer. J. Bot. 1: 242. 1914.
TYPE: NETHERLANDS: Santpoort, cult. in Michigan, s.d., Bartlett s.n. (holotype: MICH 2 shts).
Oenothera biennis var. muricata
Oenothera biennis Linnaeus, var. muricata (Linnaeus) Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 492. 1840, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Onagra chrysantha Spach, var. grandiflora Spach 1836; Oenothera muricata Linnaeus 1767.
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