four o'clock family
Nyctaginaceae
Nyctaginaceae, the four o'clock family, is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species of flowering plants, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few representatives in temperate regions. The family has a unique fruit type, called an "anthocarp", and many genera have extremely large (>100 µm) pollen grains.
32 branches of this family, most-observed first
bougainvilleas
genusBougainvillea
four o'clocks
genusMirabilis
sand verbenas
genusAbronia
Spiderlings
genusBoerhavia
Windmills
genusAllionia
catchbirdtrees
genusPisonia
Wartclubs
genusCommicarpus
Acleisanthes
genusAcleisanthes
Guapira
genusGuapira
Nyctaginia
genusNyctaginia
Ceodes
genusCeodes
Neea
genusNeea
Cryptocarpus
genusCryptocarpus
Okenia
genusOkenia
Salpianthus
genusSalpianthus
ringstems
genusAnulocaulis
Sandpuffs
genusTripterocalyx
Cyphomeris
genusCyphomeris
Phaeoptilum
genusPhaeoptilum
Pisoniella
genusPisoniella
Colignonia
genusColignonia
Rockia
genusRockia
Leucastereae
tribeLeucastereae
Grajalesia
genusGrajalesia
Cephalotomandra
genusCephalotomandra
Cuscatlania
genusCuscatlania
Ramisia
genusRamisia
Neeopsis
genusNeeopsis
Andradea
genusAndradea
Caribea
genusCaribea
Leucaster
genusLeucaster
Belemia
genusBelemia
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 50256.