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Oenothera speciosa Nutt.

Protologue J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 2(1): 119. 1821BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 038.jpg

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 038.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 035.jpg

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 035.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 034.jpg

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 034.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 042.jpg

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 042.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 047.jpg

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 047.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 039.jpg

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 039.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 045.jpg

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 045.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 040.jpg

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 040.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 046.jpg

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 046.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 043.jpg

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 043.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 041.jpg

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 041.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 036.jpg

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 036.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 044.jpg

Oenothera speciosa, CDavidson11160--TX. Walker Co. Newport Village Rd. 27 Apr 08. 044.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; introduced into Alabama, Albania, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Illinois, Italy, Japan, Kentucky, Kriti, Nansei-shoto, New South Wales, Queensland, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tennessee, Tuva, Victoria, Western Australia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C. 11160

April 27, 2008

Location

United States, Texas, Walker (Grapeland)

31.469361, -95.634556

Location Remarks

East of Riverside. On N 3454 (Thomas Lake Road), ca. 100 m north of junction with FM980. 82 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Onagraceae

Genus

Oenothera

Specific Epithet

speciosa

Authorship

Nutt.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#110,784 of 335,497

Top 34%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →