PLANTS Profile for Oenothera brachycarpa (shortfruit evening primrose)

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PLANTS Profile

Oenothera brachycarpa A. Gray
shortfruit evening primrose

Symbol:

OEBR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Onagraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

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Oenothera brachycarpa A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Oenothera brachycarpa A. Gray

	LABR3	Lavauxia brachycarpa (A. Gray) Britton
	MEBR5	Megapterium brachycarpum (A. Gray) Levl.
	OEBRW	Oenothera brachycarpa A. Gray var. wrightii (A. Gray) Levl.
	OECAA5	Oenothera caespitosa Nutt. ssp. australis Woot. & Standl.
	OECAA4	Oenothera caespitosa Nutt. var. australis (Woot. & Standl.) Munz
	OECEA	Oenothera cespitosa Nutt. ssp. australis Woot. & Standl., orth. var.
	OECEA2	Oenothera cespitosa Nutt. var. australis (Woot. & Standl.) Munz, orth. var.

Distribution:
Oenothera brachycarpa A. Gray


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Related Taxa:
Oenothera brachycarpa A. Gray

View 13 genera in Onagraceae, 66 species in Oenothera

Classification:
Oenothera brachycarpa A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Onagraceae – Evening Primrose family
Genus	Oenothera L. – evening primrose
Species	Oenothera brachycarpa A. Gray – shortfruit evening primrose

More Accounts and Images:
Oenothera brachycarpa A. Gray

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27378.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 03:11 AM CDT