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Taxon: Petunia axillaris (Lam.) Britton et al.

Genus: Petunia
Family: Solanaceae subfamily: Petunioideae.
Nomen number: 102386
Place of publication: Prelim. cat. 38. 1888
Name verified on: 07-Mar-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 13-May-2009
Species priority site is: Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center (OPGC).
Accessions: 3 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


Common names:


Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Brazil: Brazil - Rio Grande do Sul
    Western South America: Bolivia
    Southern South America: Argentina - Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman; Uruguay

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Ando, T. 1993. Two new species of Petunia (Solanaceae) from southern Brazil. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 111:275.
  • Bahadur, B. et al. 1989. SEM studies of seeds in nine species of Petunia Juss. (Solanaceae). Phytomorphology 39:122.
  • Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969–. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
  • Cabrera, A. L. & E. M. Zardini. 1978. Manual de la flora de los alrededores de Buenos Aires.
  • Cabrera, A. L., ed. 1965–1970. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
  • Wijsman, H. J. W. 1982. On the interrelationships of certain species of Petunia 1. taxonomic notes on the parental species of Petunia hybrida. Acta Bot. Neerl. 31:478.
  • Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999
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Check other web resources for Petunia axillaris (Lam.) Britton et al.:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.
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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?102386 (22 May 2013)

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