Allionia incarnata

Plant species in the four o'clock family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Allionia incarnata

Allionia incarnata is a flowering plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae) native to the Caribbean, the southern United States, and south through Central America and most of western South America.[1] It is a perennial (sometimes annual) herbaceous plant with dark pink flowers.[4] Allionia incarnata is known as pink three-flower, pink windmills, trailing allionia, trailing four-o'clock, and trailing windmills.[4]

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Allionia incarnata
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In Nevada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Allionia
Species:
A. incarnata
Binomial name
Allionia incarnata
Varieties[1]
  • A. i. var. incarnata
  • A. i. var. nudata
  • A. i. var. villosa
Synonyms[1][2][3]
List
    • Allionia bandurriae Phil.
    • Allionia craterimorpha Rusby
    • Allionia cristata (Standl.) Standl.
    • Allionia jarae Phil.
    • Allionia malacoides Benth.
    • Allionia mendocina Phil.
    • Allionia puberula Phil.
    • Wedelia cristata Standl.
    • Wedelia incarnata (L.) L.
    • Wedelia malachroides Benth.
    • Wedeliella cristata (Standl.) Cockerell
    • Wedeliella incarnata (L.) Cockerell
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Three varieties are accepted:[1]

  • Allionia incarnata var. incarnata L.
  • Allionia incarnata var. nudata (Standl.) Munz
  • Allionia incarnata var. villosa (Standl.) B.L.Turner

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