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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Mirabilis''
| image = Mirabilis jalapa ja01.jpg
| image_width = 230px
| image_caption = ''Mirabilis jalapa''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Nyctaginaceae]]
| genus = '''''Mirabilis'''''
| genus_authority = Riv. ex [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] (1753)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Mirabilis coccinea]]''<br>
''[[Mirabilis expansa]]''<br>
''[[Mirabilis jalapa]]''<br>
''[[Mirabilis longiflora]]''<br>
''[[Mirabilis multiflora]]''<br>
''[[Mirabilis nyctaginea]]''<br>
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}}
'''''Mirabilis''''' is a genus in the family [[Nyctaginaceae]], perhaps the best know genus in the family. Its most famous species is ''[[Mirabilis jalapa]]'', the Four-o'clock flower. Also see ''[[Mirabilis longiflora]]''.
There are several dozen species in the genus, of herbaceous plants, mostly found in the [[Americas]]. Sometimes they have [[tuberous root]]s which enables them to perennate through dry and cool seasons. They have small, deep-throated [[flower]]s, often fragrant.
Although best known as [[ornamental plant]]s, at least one species, ''[[Mirabilis expansa]]'', mauka, is grown for food.
== External links ==
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=120783 Mirabilis in the ''Flora of North America'']
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=3537&lvl=3&p=mapview&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]
{{Caryophyllales-stub}}
[[Category:Nyctaginaceae]]
[[Category:Root vegetables]]
[[Category:Underutilized crops]]