Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Mirabilis jalapa
Nyctaginaceae Juss.
Mirabilis jalapa L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 177 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in India utraque."
Bailey, F.M. (1888), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora Suppl. 2: 49 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 396 [secondary reference]
common name: Four-o'clock [n/a] common name: Marvel of Peru [n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 178 [secondary reference]
common name: Marvel of Peru [n/a] common name: Four O'Clock [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 170 [secondary reference]
Hewson, H.J. & Meikle, R.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 6, Map 6 APC [secondary reference]
common name: Marvel of Peru [n/a] common name: Four O'Clock [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (formerly naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 96-97, Fig. 12D [secondary reference]
common name: Marvel-of-Peru [n/a] common name: Four O'Clock [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 187 [secondary reference]
common name: Marvel of Peru [n/a] common name: Four-o'clock [n/a]
Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 102-103 [secondary reference]
common name: Four o'clock Plant [n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 74-75 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 308 [secondary reference]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Flora of Victoria 3: 103 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 79 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 187 [secondary reference]
common name: Marvel of Peru [n/a] common name: Four-o'clock [n/a]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 374 [secondary reference]
common name: Marvel of Peru [n/a] common name: Four O'Clock [n/a]
de Lange, P.J., Gardner, R.O., Sykes, W.R., Crowcroft, G.M., Cameron, E.K., Stalker, F., Christian, M.L. & Braggins, J.E. (2005), Vascular flora of Norfolk Island: some additions and taxonomic notes. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43: 581 [secondary reference]
common name: Four o-clock plant [n/a]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 60 [secondary reference]