Mirabilis jalapa Linnaeus (1753a: 177)

Sandoval-Ortega, Manuel Higinio & Sánchez-Escalante, José Jesús, 2022, The family Nyctaginaceae (Caryophyllales) in Sonora, Mexico, Phytotaxa 575 (1), pp. 35-56 : 48

8.3. Mirabilis jalapa Linnaeus (1753a: 177)

≡ Nyctago jalapa (Linnaeus) Candolle (in Lamarck & Candolle 1815: 426).

Lectotype (designated by Larsen 1989: 108):― Habitat in India utraque ( LINN240.2 [image!] image available at https://linnean-online. org/1827/#?s=0&cv=0) .

Distribution in Mexico:― It is reported to all the country (Hernández-Ledesama 2018). In Sonora it is distributed in Chihuahuan Desert, Pacific Lowlands and Sierra Madre Occidental biogeographic provinces ( Fig. 4C ), and has been collected in Agua Prieta, Cananea, Magdalena, Navojoa and Yécora, in tropical deciduous forest, Oak forest and around urban areas, at 300–1700 m a.s.l.

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FIGURE 4. Distribution of the Nyctaginaceae genera in the State of Sonora. A: genera Abronia, Allionia, Acleisanthes, Okenia, and Pisonia; B: genus Boerhavia; C: genus Mirabilis; D: genera Boldoa, Commicarpus, Cyphomeris, and Salpianthus.