Nyctaginaceae : The Four-O'clock Family [in process] The following members of this family have been documented in sources consulted on Guerrero flora: Allionia incarnata, Boerhavia anisophylla, Boerhavia diffusa, Boerhavia gracillima, Boerhavia paniculata, Mirabilis viscosa, Okenia hypogaea, and Pisonia aculeate. |
List of Nyctaginaceae species collected, with most common Nahuatl names
Genus species
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Ameyaltepec
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S. Agustín Oapan
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S. Juan Tetelcingo
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Allionia choisyi Standl. | nakastetitilak | (not named) | nakatetihtilak | ||
Allionia incarnata L. var. incarnata | nakastetitilak | nakasté:tilák | nakastetihtilak ista:k i:xochio | ||
Boerhavia coccinea Miller | nakastetitilak (ma:s kwe:xtik ixochio) | nakasté:tilák (kwe:xtsi:n i:xochio) | nakastetihtilak de tlahtla:katl | ||
Boerhavia erecta L. | (not named) | omitlako:tl de ista:k i:xo:chio | tsi:nkolomitsi:n | ||
Boerhavia gracillima Heimerl | ikxi wexo:lo:tl | (not named) | tsi:nkolomitsi:n | ||
Commicarpus scandens (L.) Standl. | (not named) | po:posteki xihtli | (not named) | ||
Mirabilis sp. * | (not named) | chichi:lkohtli de tla:katl | (not named) | ||
Okenia hypogaea Schltdl. & Cham. | nakastetitilak | nakasté:tilák tlatlastaltsi:n i:xo:chio | nakastetihtilak de suwa:tl |
* only a sterile specimen of this plant was collected. It is probably misidentified by family as well as genus and will need to be recollected.