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Oenothera sect. Oenothera
Oenothera
Oenothera is a genus of about 145 species of herbaceous flowering plants native to the Americas. It is the type genus of the family Onagraceae. Common names include evening primrose, suncups, and sundrops. They are not closely related to the true primroses (genus Primula).
23 branches of this group, most-observed first
Oenothera
subsectionOenothera
Raimannia
subsectionRaimannia
Munzia
subsectionMunzia
Candela
subsectionCandela
Nutantigemma
subsectionNutantigemma
Oenothera oehlkersi
speciesOenothera oehlkersi
Oenothera coloratissima
speciesOenothera coloratissima
Oenothera × ammophila
hybridOenothera × ammophila
Oenothera pycnocarpa
speciesOenothera pycnocarpa
Oenothera paradoxa
speciesOenothera paradoxa
Oenothera chicaginensis
speciesOenothera chicaginensis
Emersonia
subsectionEmersonia
Welsh evening-primrose
speciesOenothera cambrica
Oenothera suaveolens
speciesOenothera suaveolens
Oenothera latipetala
speciesOenothera latipetala
Oenothera adriatica
speciesOenothera adriatica
Oenothera santarii
speciesOenothera santarii
Oenothera rubricalyx
speciesOenothera rubricalyx
Oenothera perangusta
speciesOenothera perangusta
Oenothera × hoelscheri
hybridOenothera × hoelscheri
Oenothera subterminalis
speciesOenothera subterminalis
Oenothera royfraseri
speciesOenothera royfraseri
Oenothera nuda
speciesOenothera nuda
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 914077.