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evening primroses, sundrops, and beeblossoms
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).
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Oenothera sect. Oenothera
sectionOenothera
Oenothera sect. Hartmannia
sectionHartmannia
beeblossoms
sectionGaura
Oenothera sect. Anogra
sectionAnogra
Oenothera sect. Calylophus
sectionCalylophus
Oenothera sect. Kneiffia
sectionKneiffia
Oenothera sect. Pachylophus
sectionPachylophus
Oenothera sect. Megapterium
sectionMegapterium
Oenothera sect. Lavauxia
sectionLavauxia
Oenothera sect. Kleinia
sectionKleinia
Oenothera sect. Leucocoryne
sectionLeucocoryne
Oenothera sect. Eremia
sectionEremia
Oenothera sect. Peniophyllum
sectionPeniophyllum
Oenothera sect. Xanthocoryne
sectionXanthocoryne
Oenothera sect. Gauropsis
sectionGauropsis
Oenothera sect. Contortae
sectionContortae
Oenothera sect. Paradoxus
sectionParadoxus
Oenothera sect. Ravenia
sectionRavenia
Oenothera resicum
speciesOenothera resicum
Oenothera riskindii
speciesOenothera riskindii
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 48626.