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Mirabilis jalapa, commonly known as the marvel of Peru or four-o'clock, is a species of annual plant within the family Nyctaginaceae. It belongs to the genus Mirabilis and is classified under the order Caryophyllales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The scientific name is cited as Mirabilis jalapa L., with Linnaeus listed as the authority. Other common names include Flor de nit, mirabajà, Vieruhrblume, and madrone.
The taxon has a recorded range in Shanghai, Beijing, and Tianjin, China. It is noted as invasive to Shanghai and Malawi. The plant has use as a medicinal plant. Records of the species are held by institutions in Mexico, including ECOSUR, UACH, ENCB-IPN, CICY, and INECOL.
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Species
four-o'clock
Mirabilis jalapa
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyNyctaginaceae
Common Name: madrone (Spanish)
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,245
- With media
- 2,017
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, UACH, ENCB-IPN, CICY, INECOL, UNICACH
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- annual plant
- Parent taxon
- Mirabilis
- Image
- 2006-10-18Mirabilis jalapa06.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- taxon name
- Mirabilis jalapa
- Commons category
- Mirabilis jalapa
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- Mirabilis jalapa
- taxon common name
- 紫茉莉叶
- invasive to
- Malawi
- taxon range
- Gabon
- short name
- M. jalapa
- taxon author citation
- L.
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4
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Encyclopedic overview
Mirabilis jalapa, the marvel of Peru or four o'clock flower, is the most commonly grown ornamental species of Mirabilis plant, and is available in a range of colors. Mirabilis in Latin means wonderful and Jalapa (or Xalapa) is the state capital of Veracruz in Mexico. Mirabilis jalapa is believed to have been cultivated by the Aztecs for medicinal and ornamental purposes.
The flowers usually open from late afternoon or at dusk (namely between 4 and 8 o'clock), giving rise to one of its common names. The flowers then produce a strong, sweet fragrance throughout the night, then close in the morning. New flowers open the following day. It arrived in Europe in 1525. Today, it is common in many tropical regions and is also valued in Europe as an ornamental plant, although not necessarily hardy. It is the children's state flower of Connecticut under the name of Michaela Petit's Four O'Clocks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mirabilis jalapa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.