evening primrose family
Onagraceae
The Onagraceae are a family of flowering plants known as the willowherb family or evening primrose family. They include about 650 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees in 17 genera. The family is widespread, occurring on every continent from boreal to tropical regions.
23 branches of this family, most-observed first
evening primroses, sundrops, and beeblossoms
genusOenothera
willowherbs
genusEpilobium
fireweeds
genusChamaenerion
Primrose-willows
genusLudwigia
Clarkias
genusClarkia
enchanter's nightshades
genusCircaea
fuchsias
genusFuchsia
Suncups
genusCamissoniopsis
Chylismia
genusChylismia
Taraxia
genusTaraxia
Eulobus
genusEulobus
Eremothera
genusEremothera
groundsmoke
genusGayophytum
Camissonia
genusCamissonia
Lopezia
genusLopezia
Tetrapteron
genusTetrapteron
Hauya
genusHauya
Neoholmgrenia
genusNeoholmgrenia
Chylismiella
genusChylismiella
Gongylocarpus
genusGongylocarpus
Xylonagra
genusXylonagra
Megacorax
genusMegacorax
Hemifuchsia
genusHemifuchsia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47790.