Biology:Allionia incarnata
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
Allionia incarnata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
Genus: | Allionia |
Species: | A. incarnata
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Binomial name | |
Allionia incarnata L.
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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.[2] Allionia incarnata is known as pink three-flower, pink windmills, trailing allionia, trailing four-o'clock, and trailing windmills.[2]
Three varieties are accepted:[1]
- Allionia incarnata var. incarnata L.
- Allionia incarnata var. nudata (Standl.) Munz
- Allionia incarnata var. villosa (Standl.) B.L.Turner
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Allionia incarnata L.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:8606-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spellenberg, R. W. (2003), "Allionia incarnata", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 4, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220000445, retrieved 31 December 2020
Wikidata ☰ Q2838315 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allionia incarnata.
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