family Onagraceae


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Noun1.family Onagraceae - a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales
evening-primrose family, Onagraceae
rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants
Myrtales, order Myrtales, order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales - Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
Circaea, genus Circaea - enchanter's nightshade
Epilobium, genus Epilobium - large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas
genus Fuchsia - large genus of decorative tropical shrubs with pendulous tetramerous flowers
genus Oenothera, Oenothera - chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers
evening primrose - any of several plants of the family Onagraceae
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They constitute one of nine families of the Myrtales and together with the Combretaceae and sister family Onagraceae form a major lineage of the order (Webb, 1967; Sytsma et al., 2004; Graham, 2007, 2010b; Graham et al., 2011).
Fossil records in the Lythraceae
coloradensis) A short-lived perennial herb in the family Onagraceae, this plant grows within a small area in southeastern Wyoming, western Nebraska, and north-central Colorado.
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coloradensis) This subspecies, a short-lived perennial herb in the family Onagraceae, produces one or a few reddish, pubescent stems up to about 3 feet (80 cm) in height with white flowers that turn pink or red with age.
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