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Nyctaginaceae : The Four-O'clock Family

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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.

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List of Nyctaginaceae species collected, with most common Nahuatl names

 
Genus species
 
Ameyaltepec
S. Agustín Oapan
S. Juan Tetelcingo
  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.