Brunfelsia americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Solanaceae
Subfamilia: Petunioideae
Genus: Brunfelsia
Sectio: B. sect. Brunfelsia
Species: Brunfelsia americana

Name

Brunfelsia americana L. (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Brunfelsia abottii Leonard, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 17: 71 (1927).
  • Brunfelsia americana var. pubescens Griseb., Fl. Brit. W.I. 432 (1861).
  • Brunfelsia fallax Duchass. ex Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 242 (1857).
  • Brunfelsia inodora Mart., Del. Sem. Hort. Monac (1847).
  • Brunfelsia latifolia Steud., Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 231 1840, nom. illeg. non Benth. (1846).
  • Brunfelsia terminalis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 109.
  • Brunfelsia violacea Lodd., Bot. Cab. t. 792.
  • Brunfelsiopsis americana (L.) Krug & Urb., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1(10): 325 (1897).

References

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2007. Brunfelsia americana in Catalogue of the seed plants of the Flora of the West Indies Website. Smithsonian Institution. Accessed: 2014 Apr 20.
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 191. Reference page. 
• PBI Solanum Project 2014: Brunfelsia americana in Solanaceae Source. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Apr 20. Reference page. 
• The Plant List 2013. Version 1.1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Apr 20.
• Tropicos
• GRIN Taxonomy for Plants

Vernacular names

English: Lady-of-the-night
svenska: Nattbrunfelsia

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