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Oenothera L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 27367

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Stenosiphon Spach
		Gaura L.
		Heterogaura Rothr.
		Calylophus Spach
		Gaura ludoviciana P.H. Raven & D.P. Greg.
	Common Name(s):	evening-primrose [English]
		eveningprimrose [English]
		evening primrose [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	partial
	Latest Record Review:	2011

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Rosanae
	Order	Myrtales
	Family	Onagraceae – evening primroses, onagres
	Genus	Oenothera L. – evening-primrose, eveningprimrose, evening primrose
		Direct Children:
	Species	Oenothera acutissima W.L. Wagner – narrowleaf evening-primrose, Flaming Gorge evening-primrose, Flaming Gorge evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera affinis Cambess. – longflower evening-primrose, longflower evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera albicaulis Pursh – halfshrub sundrop, white-stem evening-primrose, whitest evening-primrose, whitest eveningprimrose, whitest evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera argillicola Mack. – shalebarren evening-primrose, shale barren evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera arida W.L. Wagner & Hoch – Trans-Pecos beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera arizonica (Munz) W.L. Wagner – California evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera berlandieri (Spach) Steud. – Berlandier's sundrops
	Species	Oenothera biennis L. – hoary eveningprimrose, king's-cureall, common evening-primrose, common evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera bifrons Lindl.
	Species	Oenothera boquillensis (P.H. Raven & D.P. Greg.) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – Rio Grande beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera brachycarpa A. Gray – shortfruit evening-primrose, shortfruit eveningprimrose, shortfruit evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera calcicola (P.H. Raven & D.P. Greg.) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – Texas beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera californica (S. Watson) S. Watson – California evening-primrose, California eveningprimrose, California evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera canescens Torr. & Frém. – beakpod eveningprimrose, spotted evening-primrose, beakpod evening primrose, spotted eveningprimrose, spotted evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera cavernae Munz – cavedwelling evening-primrose, cavedwelling eveningprimrose, cavedwelling evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera cespitosa Nutt. – tufted eveningprimrose, tufted evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera cinerea (Wooton & Standl.) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – woolly beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera clelandii W. Dietr., P.H. Raven & W.L. Wagner – Cleland's evening-primrose, Cleland's evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera coloradensis (Rydb.) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – New Mexico beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera cordata J.W. Loudon – heartleaf evening-primrose, heartleaf eveningprimrose, heartleaf evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera coronopifolia Torr. & A. Gray – crownleaf eveningprimrose, crownleaf evening-primrose, crownleaf evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera coryi W.L. Wagner – El Paso evening-primrose, El Paso eveningprimrose, El Paso evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera curtiflora W.L. Wagner & Hoch – velvetweed
	Species	Oenothera curtissii (Rose) Small – Curtiss' evening-primrose, Curtiss' evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera deltoides Torr. & Frém. – dune primrose, birdcage evening-primrose, birdcage eveningprimrose, birdcage evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera demareei (P.H. Raven & D.P. Greg.) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – Demaree's beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera drummondii Hook. – beach evening-primrose, beach eveningprimrose, beach evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera elata Kunth – Hooker's evening-primrose, Hooker's eveningprimrose, western eveningprimrose, Hooker's evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera engelmannii (Small) Munz – Engelmann's evening-primrose, Engelmann's eveningprimrose, Engelmann's evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera falfurriae W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner – royal evening-primrose, royal eveningprimrose, royal evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera filiformis (Small) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – longflower beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera filipes (Spach) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – slenderstalk beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera flava (A. Nelson) Garrett – long-tube evening primrose, long-tube evening-primrose, yellow eveningprimrose, yellow evening-primrose, yellow evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera fruticosa L. – narrowleaf evening-primrose, narrowleaf evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera gaura W.L. Wagner & Hoch – biennial beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera glaucifolia W.L. Wagner & Hoch – false gaura
	Species	Oenothera glazioviana Micheli – redsepal evening-primrose, large-flower evening-primrose, redsepal evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera grandiflora L'Hér. ex Aiton – largeflower evening-primrose, largeflower evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera grandis (Britton) Smyth – showy evening-primrose, largeflower eveningprimrose, showy eveningprimrose, showy evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera harringtonii W.L. Wagner, Stockh. & W.M. Klein – Colorado Springs evening-primrose, Colorado Springs evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera hartwegii Benth.
	Species	Oenothera havardii S. Watson – Havard's evening-primrose, Havard's eveningprimrose, Havard's evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera heterophylla Spach – variableleaf evening-primrose, largeflower eveningprimrose, variableleaf evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera hexandra (Ortega) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – harlequinbush
	Species	Oenothera howardii (A. Nelson) W.L. Wagner – Howard's evening-primrose, Howard's eveningprimrose, Howard's evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera humifusa Nutt. – seabeach eveningprimrose, seabeach evening-primrose, seabeach evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera jamesii Torr. & A. Gray – James' eveningprimrose, trumpet evening-primrose, trumpet evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera kunthiana (Spach) Munz – Kunth's evening-primrose, Kunth's eveningprimrose, Kunth's evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera laciniata Hill – cut-leaved evening primrose, cut-leaf evening-primrose, cutleaf eveningprimrose, cutleaf evening-primrose, cutleaf evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera lavandulifolia Torr. & A. Gray – lavenderleaf sundrops
	Species	Oenothera lindheimeri (Engelm. & A. Gray) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – Lindheimer's beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera linifolia Nutt. – threadleaf sundrop, threadleaf evening-primrose, threadleaf evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera longissima Rydb. – longstem evening-primrose, longstem eveningprimrose, longstem evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. – Ozark sundrop, bigfruit evening-primrose, bigfruit eveningprimrose, bigfruit evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera mckelveyae (Munz) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – Mckelvey's beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera mexicana Spach – Mexican evening-primrose, Mexican eveningprimrose, Mexican evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera mollissima L. – Argentine evening-primrose, Argentine evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera murdockii S.L. Welsh & N.D. Atwood – Murdock's evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera neomexicana (Small) Munz – New Mexico evening-primrose, New Mexico eveningprimrose, New Mexico evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera nutans G.F. Atk. & Bartlett – nodding evening-primrose, nodding evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera nuttallii Sweet – Nuttall's evening-primrose, Nuttall's evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera oakesiana (A. Gray) J.W. Robbins ex S. Watson & J.M. Coult. – Oakes' evening-primrose, Oakes' evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera organensis Munz – Organ Mountain evening-primrose, Organ Mountain eveningprimrose, Organ Mountain evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera pallida Lindl. – pale evening-primrose, pale eveningprimrose, pale evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera parviflora L. – northern evening-primrose, northern evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera patriciae W.L. Wagner & Hoch – plains beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera perennis L. – little evening-primrose, little evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera pilosella Raf. – meadow evening-primrose, meadow eveningprimrose, meadow evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera platanorum P.H. Raven & D.R. Parn. – Fort Huachuca evening-primrose, Fort Huachuca evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera primiveris A. Gray – desert evening-primrose, desert eveningprimrose, desert evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera psammophila (A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.) W.L. Wagner, Stockh. & W.M. Klein – St. Anthony Dunes evening-primrose, St. Anthony Dunes evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera pubescens Willd. ex Spreng. – silky evening primrose, South American evening-primrose, South American eveningprimrose, South American evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera rhombipetala Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray – fourpoint evening primrose, greater four-point evening-primrose, fourpoint evening-primrose, fourpoint eveningprimrose
	Species	Oenothera riparia Nutt.
	Species	Oenothera rosea L'Hér. ex Aiton – rose evening-primrose, rose eveningprimrose, rose evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera serrulata Nutt.
	Species	Oenothera simulans (Small) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – southern beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera sinuosa W.L. Wagner & Hoch – wavyleaf beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera spachiana Torr. & A. Gray – Spach's evening-primrose, Spach's eveningprimrose, Spach's evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera speciosa Nutt. – Showy evening primrose, showy eveningprimrose, pinkladies
	Species	Oenothera stricta Ledeb. ex Link – Chilean evening-primrose, Chilean evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera suffrutescens (Ser.) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – scarlet beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera suffulta (Engelm.) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – kisses
	Species	Oenothera tetraptera Cav. – fourwing evening-primrose, fourwing eveningprimrose, fourwing evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera texensis P.H. Raven & D.R. Parn. – Texas evening-primrose, Texas eveningprimrose, Texas evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera toumeyi (Small) Tidestr. – Toumey's sundrops
	Species	Oenothera triangulata (Buckley) W.L. Wagner & Hoch – prairie beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera triloba Nutt. – stemless eveningprimrose, stemless evening-primrose, stemless evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera tubicula A. Gray – Texas sundrops
	Species	Oenothera villosa Thunb. – hairy evening-primrose, hairy eveningprimrose, hairy evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera wolfii (Munz) P.H. Raven, W. Dietr. & Stubblef. – Wolf's evening-primrose, Wolf's evening primrose
	Species	Oenothera xenogaura W.L. Wagner & Hoch – Drummond's beeblossom
	Species	Oenothera xylocarpa Coville – woodyfruit evening-primrose, woodyfruit eveningprimrose, woodyfruit evening primrose

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	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Source:	Onagraceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)
	Acquired:	2011
	Notes:	Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)
	Reference for:	Oenothera

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Oenothera

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Oenothera

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