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|genus=Mirabilis
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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.
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Mirabilis (The old name was Admirabilis, meaning wonderful, strange; shortened by Linnaeus to Mirabilis). Nyctaginaceae. Interesting flower-garden herbs.
Mirabilis (The old name was Admirabilis, meaning wonderful, strange; shortened by Linnaeus to Mirabilis). Nyctaginaceae. Interesting flower-garden herbs.
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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]]''.
*''[[Mirabilis coccinea]]''
*''[[Mirabilis expansa]]''
*''[[Mirabilis jalapa]]''
*''[[Mirabilis longiflora]]''
*''[[Mirabilis multiflora]]''
*''[[Mirabilis nyctaginea]]''
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== External links ==
==References==
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=120783 Mirabilis in the ''Flora of North America'']
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* [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]
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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