Onagraceae
Oenothera

Oenothera curtiflora W.L.Wagner & Hoch

First published in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 211 (2007)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & E. Central U.S.A. to Central Mexico. It is an annual or biennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, California, China North-Central, China Southeast, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Nansei-shoto, New South Wales, Peru, Queensland, Tennessee

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Frohlich, D. & Lau, A. (2014). New plant records for the Hawaiian islands 2012-2013. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 115: 7-17.
  • Garcillán, P.P. & al. (2013). Plantas no nativas naturalizadas de la península de Baja California, México. Botanical Sciences 91: 461-475.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Frohlich, D. & Lau, A. (2014). New plant records for the Hawaiian islands 2012-2013. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 115: 7-17.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1990). Flora of Australia 18: 1-349. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (1999). Flora of Japan IIc: 1-328. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Palmer, E. [102] Mexico Gaura parviflora K003880645 Yes
Coulter [173] Mexico Gaura parviflora K003880641 Yes
Lebler, B.; Gillieatt, J. [s.n.] Australia Gaura parviflora K003880730 Yes
Arsene, F. [s.n.] Mexico Gaura parviflora K003880639 Yes
Doherty, N. [s.n.] Australia Gaura parviflora K003880728 Yes
Everist, S.L.; Webb, L.J. [1245] Gaura parviflora K003880731 Yes
Lebler, B.; Durrington, L. [8] Australia Gaura parviflora K003880726 Yes
Arsene, F. [642] Mexico Gaura parviflora K003880643 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia Gaura parviflora K003880729 Yes
Gentry, H.S. [3044] Mexico Gaura parviflora K003880644 Yes
Anthony, A.W. [330] Mexico Gaura parviflora K003880638 Yes
Hartman, C.V. [96] Mexico Gaura parviflora K003880642 Yes
Palmer, E. [190] Mexico Gaura parviflora K003880646 Yes
Earle, F.S.; Earle, E.S. [230] United States Gaura parviflora K003880640 Yes
Keller, H.A.; Paredes, N.G.; Keller, C.J. [11067] Argentina Gaura parviflora K003880705 Yes
Palmer, E. [213] Mexico Gaura parviflora K003880647 Yes
Lebler, B.; Durrington, L. [16] Australia Gaura parviflora K003880727 Yes
Goodspeed, T.H. [17242] Argentina Gaura parviflora var. lachnocarpa K003880706 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images