Oenothera albicaulis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Oenothera |
| Species: | O. albicaulis
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| Binomial name | |
| Oenothera albicaulis | |
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Oenothera albicaulis is a New World plant in the evening primrose family. It is known by the common names prairie evening-primrose,[3] white-stem evening-primrose,[4] whitish evening primrose,[5] or whitest evening primrose.[6]
Taxonomy
[edit]Oenothera albicaulis was scientifically described and named by Frederick Traugott Pursh in 1813. It is classified in the genus Oenothera, part of the family Onagraceae. It has no accepted subspecies or varieties, but has 30 synonyms according to Plants of the World Online.[2]
| Name | Year | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anogra albicaulis (Pursh) Britton | 1894 | species | ≡ hom. |
| Anogra bradburiana Rydb. | 1917 | species | = het. |
| Anogra confusa Rickett | 1934 | species | = het. |
| Anogra ctenophylla Wooton & Standl. | 1913 | species | = het. |
| Anogra douglasiana Spach | 1835 | species | = het. |
| Anogra leptophylla (Nutt.) Rydb. | 1913 | species | = het. |
| Anogra pinnatifida Spach | 1835 | species | = het. |
| Baumannia pinnatifida (Nutt.) Spach | 1835 | species | = het. |
| Oenothera albicaulis Nutt. | 1818 | species | = het., nom. illeg. |
| Oenothera albicaulis f. acaulis H.Lév. | 1909 | form | = het. |
| Oenothera albicaulis f. anthoxantha H.Lév. | 1909 | form | = het. |
| Oenothera albicaulis subvar. coquimbensis H.Lév. | 1909 | subvariety | = het. |
| Oenothera albicaulis f. decumbens H.Lév. | 1909 | form | = het., nom. illeg. |
| Oenothera albicaulis f. dentata H.Lév. | 1909 | form | = het. |
| Oenothera albicaulis f. erosa H.Lév. | 1909 | form | = het. |
| Oenothera albicaulis f. mucronata H.Lév. | 1909 | form | = het. |
| Oenothera albicaulis f. pinnatifida H.Lév. | 1909 | form | = het. |
| Oenothera albicaulis f. sinuata H.Lév. | 1909 | form | = het. |
| Oenothera albicaulis var. tigrina H.Lév. | 1909 | variety | = het. |
| Oenothera albicaulis var. xanthosperma H.Lév. | 1909 | variety | = het. |
| Oenothera bradburiana Nutt. | 1840 | species | = het. |
| Oenothera ctenophylla (Wooton & Standl.) Tidestr. | 1941 | species | = het. |
| Oenothera leptophylla Nutt. | 1840 | species | = het. |
| Oenothera nuttallii Sweet | 1830 | species | = het., not validly publ. |
| Oenothera pallida var. leptophylla Torr. & A.Gray | 1840 | variety | = het. |
| Oenothera pinnatifida Nutt. | 1818 | species | = het. |
| Oenothera pinnatifida Torr. | 1827 | species | = het., nom. illeg. |
| Oenothera pinnatifida var. integrifolia A.Gray | 1849 | variety | = het. |
| Oenothera purshii G.Don | 1832 | species | ≡ hom., nom. superfl. |
| Oenothera sinuata var. bicolor H.Lév. | 1909 | variety | = het. |
| Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym ; = heterotypic synonym | |||
Distribution
[edit]Oenothera albicaulis is native to North America, in the United States (Arizona; Colorado; Montana; New Mexico; Oklahoma; South Dakota; Texas; and Utah), and in Mexico (in Chihuahua state).[4]
Uses
[edit]The Zuni people rub the chewed blossoms on the bodies of young girls so that they can dance well and ensure rain.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2 May 2025). "Oenothera albicaulis". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Oenothera albicaulis Pursh". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Name - !Oenothera albicaulis Pursh". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ a b Oenothera albicaulis was originally described and published in Flora Americae Septentrionalis 2: 733. 1814 [1813] "Oenothera albicaulis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ a b Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1915). "Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians". SI-BAE Annual Report (30): 87.
- ^ NRCS. "Oenothera albicaulis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 July 2015.
External links
[edit]- Picture of an Oenothera albicaulis flower, from Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness in association with Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences
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