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Mirabilis jalapa (Four o'clock Flower) |
Mirabilis jalapa (NYCTAGINACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Mirabilis jalapaL.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 177 (1753) | Synonyms : |
Basionym or principal synonym:
Mirabilis odorata
Full list of synonyms :
[ Euro+Med ]
[ PlantList ]
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[ Catalogue of Life ]
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Plant Family : | Nyctaginaceae The Four o'clock Family 3 Nyctaginaceae species recorded from Malta.
Juss. | English name(s) : | Four o'clock Flower, Marvel of Peru | Maltese name(s) : | Buganvilla | Status for Malta : | Naturalised alien species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and which can become invasive | Frequency : | Very Common Common
Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
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Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE (Creeping plants)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Dec-Jul | Colour of Flowers: | Violet or Yellow |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Plant glabrous or slightly pubescent. Stems 50-100 cm, erect. Leaves ovate, acuminate. Flowers in crowded terminal cymes, opening in the afternoon. Perianth red, yellow, white, or parti-coloured; limb e. 25 mm in diameter; tube 25-35 mm. |
Distributional range: |
Cultivated for ornament, and locally naturalized in S. Europe. |
Native region outside Europe: |
(Tropical America.) |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Introduced in the Azores, the Balaeric Islands, Bulgaria, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
[AE(G) nAu(A) nAz aAz(C F G J L M P S T) nBl(I M N) nBu Ca nCa(C F G H P T) nCo aCr aCy nGa(F) Gr nHs(G S) aHu aIJ Ir nIt Le aLi aLS nLu Md nMd(M) cRf(C) Rm nSa nSi(M S)] |
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