Petunia axillaris

Petunia axillaris subsp. axillaris

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: Petunia
Species: Petunia axillaris
Subspecies: P. a. subsp. axillaris – P. a. subsp. parodii – P. a. subsp. subandina

Name

Petunia axillaris (Lam.)Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., (1888).

Synonyms

• Basionym
• Nicotiana axillaris Lam., Encycl. (Lamarck) 4(2): 480(–481) (1798).
• Homotypic
• Stimoryne axillaris (Lam.) Wijsman, Acta Bot. Neerl. 34: 347 (1985).

References

• Britton, N.L. & al 1888. Preliminary Catalogue of Anthophyta and Pteridophyta reported as growing spontaneously within one hundred miles of New York: 38.
• The International Plant Names Index 2009. Published on the Internet (2010) May 25 [1].
• Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 21 Aug 2010 [2].

Vernacular names

English: Large white petunia, white-moon petunia
svenska: Vitpetunia

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