PLANTS Profile for Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa (bigfruit evening primrose)

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PLANTS Profile

Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. macrocarpa
bigfruit evening primrose

Symbol:

OEMAM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Onagraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. macrocarpa

Oenothera missouriensis

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Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. macrocarpa

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Synonyms:
Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. macrocarpa

	MEMI6	Megapterium missouriense (Sims) Spach
	OEMI5	Oenothera missouriensis Sims

Distribution:
Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. macrocarpa


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USA (AR, IL, KS, MO, NE, OK, TN, TX, WY)

Related Taxa:
Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. macrocarpa

View 13 genera in Onagraceae, 66 species in Oenothera, 4 subspecies in Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt.

Classification:
Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. macrocarpa

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Onagraceae – Evening Primrose family
Genus	Oenothera L. – evening primrose
Species	Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. – bigfruit evening primrose
Subspecies	Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. macrocarpa – bigfruit evening primrose

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. macrocarpa

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Tennessee:
Missouri primrose		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. macrocarpa

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524363.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/26/2013 09:55 PM CDT