PLANTS Profile for Mirabilis jalapa (marvel of Peru)

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PLANTS Profile

Mirabilis jalapa L.
marvel of Peru

Symbol:

MIJA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Nyctaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I

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Images:
Mirabilis jalapa L.

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Synonyms:
Mirabilis jalapa L.

	MIJAL	Mirabilis jalapa L. ssp. lindheimeri Standl.
	MILI2	Mirabilis lindheimeri (Standl.) Shinners

Distribution:
Mirabilis jalapa L.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, VT, WA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Mirabilis jalapa L.

View 16 genera in Nyctaginaceae, 29 species in Mirabilis

Classification:
Mirabilis jalapa L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Nyctaginaceae – Four o'clock family
Genus	Mirabilis L. – four o'clock
Species	Mirabilis jalapa L. – marvel of Peru

Introduced Information:
Mirabilis jalapa L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Mirabilis jalapa L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19648.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 05:19 AM MDT