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  1. Onagraceae, family Onagraceae, evening-primrose familynoun

    a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales

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  1. Onagraceae

    The Onagraceae are a family of flowering plants known as the willowherb family or evening primrose family. They include about 650 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees in 17 genera. The family is widespread, occurring on every continent from boreal to tropical regions. The family includes a number of popular garden plants, including evening primroses (Oenothera) and fuchsias (Fuchsia). Some, particularly the willowherbs (Epilobium), are common weeds in gardens and rapidly colonize disturbed habitats in the wild. One such species is fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium). The family is characterised by flowers with usually four sepals and petals; in some genera, such as Fuchsia, the sepals are as brightly coloured as the petals. The seeds are generally very small. In some genera, such as Epilobium, they have tufts of hairs and are dispersed on the wind. In others, such as Fuchsia, the seeds develop in juicy berries dispersed by animals. The leaves are commonly opposite or whorled, but are spirally arranged in some species; in most, they are simple and lanceolate in shape. The pollen grains in many genera are loosely held together by viscin threads. Most bees cannot collect it, and only bees with specialized morphologies can effectively pollinate the flowers; nearly all bee taxa that visit the flowers are oligoleges specialized on the family Onagraceae. The family was named after the genus Onagra (now known as Oenothera) in 1836 by John Lindley in the second edition of A Natural System of Botany.

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  1. onagraceae

    Onagraceae is a family of flowering plants known as the evening primrose family. It consists of about 650 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees, distributed throughout the world. The family is characterized by flowers with parts mostly in fours, including four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and four chambers in the ovary. Well-known species in Onagraceae include the evening primroses (genus Oenothera), fuchsias (genus Fuchsia), and fireweeds (genus Chamerion).

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  1. Onagraceae

    Onagraceae, also known as the Willowherb family or Evening Primrose family, are a family of flowering plants. The family includes about 640-650 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees in 20-24 genera. The family is widespread, on every continent from boreal to tropical regions. The family includes a number of popular garden plants, including evening primroses and fuchsias. Some, particularly the willowherbs are common weeds in gardens, e.g. Fireweed. The family is characterised by flowers with usually four sepals and petals; in some genera, the sepals are as brightly coloured as the petals, giving the impression of a flower with eight petals. The seeds are very small, in some genera with a tuft of down and wind-dispersed, in others, in a juicy berry and dispersed by birds. The leaves are commonly opposite or whorled, but are spirally arranged in some species; in most, they are simple and lanceolate in shape. The pollen grains in many genera are loosely held together by viscin threads, meaning that only bees that are morphologically specialized to gather this pollen can effectively pollinate the flowers. Accordingly, nearly all of the bees that visit onagraceous flowers are floral specialists.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Onagraceae

    The evening primrose plant family of the order Myrtales, subclass Rosidae, class Magnoliopsida. Flower parts are mostly in fours and the ovary is inferior.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of onagraceae in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of onagraceae in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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