Mirabilis jalapa L. (Sp. Pl. 177. 1753.) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Cuba (exotic), Cayman Island (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[ Mona, Vieques], Virgin Islands (exotic) ( St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, ) ], Bahamas (exotic), North America (exotic: FL), Mexico (exotic), Central America (exotic), South America (exotic), Old World (native: India), Common Names: Belle de nuit (Haiti), Belle de nuit (L. Antilles), Belle de nuit blanche (Haiti), Belle de nuit rose (Haiti), Buenas noches (Dominican Republic), Buenas tardes (Dominican Republic), Clavellina (Cuba), Don Diego de noche (Dominican Republic), Don Diego de noche (Puerto Rico), False jalap (Jamaica), Four o'clock (Dominican Republic), Four o'clock (Jamaica), Four o'clock (L. Antilles), Four-o'clock (Bahamas), Jalap (Dominican Republic), Jalapa (Cuba), Jalape (Dominican Republic), Jasmin (Dominican Republic), Jazmín (Dominican Republic), Maravilla (Cuba), Marvel of Peru (Jamaica), Morning rose (Bahamas), Noche buena (Dominican Republic), Siciliana (Puerto Rico), Suspiros (Cuba), Vier uur bloem (L. Antilles), Synonyms: Mirabilis dichotoma L. (Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 252. 1762.), Mirabilis jalapa L. var. odorata (L.) Heimerl (Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 616. 1896.), Mirabilis odorata L. (Cent. Pl. 1, 7. 1755.), Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 5). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 6). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 7). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 8). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 9). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 10). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 11). Liogier, A.H. and L.F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 12). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 13). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 14). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 15). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. Last edited 23 Apr 12 |