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
Taxonomy
The genus name of ''Lopezia'' is in honour of Manuel López-Figueiras (1915-2012), who was a (Spanish-) Venezuelan botanist (Mycology and Lichenology), from the
University of Havana
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(in
Cuba
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).
Distribution
It is found in
Costa Rica
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,
El Salvador
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,
Guatemala
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,
Honduras
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Lopezia galeottii
''Lopezia'' is a genus of plants of the family Onagraceae, largely restricted to Mexico and Central America.
Description
Herbs or shrubs, mostly freely branched. Leaves petioled, alternate, or the lower opposite, simple. Flowers -solitary, sm ...
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Lopezia gentryi
''Lopezia'' is a genus of plants of the family Onagraceae, largely restricted to Mexico and Central America.
Description
Herbs or shrubs, mostly freely branched. Leaves petioled, alternate, or the lower opposite, simple. Flowers -solitary, sm ...
Lopezia integrifolia
''Lopezia'' is a genus of plants of the family Onagraceae, largely restricted to Mexico and Central America.
Description
Herbs or shrubs, mostly freely branched. Leaves petioled, alternate, or the lower opposite, simple. Flowers -solitary, sm ...
'' DC.
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Lopezia laciniata
''Lopezia'' is a genus of plants of the family Onagraceae, largely restricted to Mexico and Central America.
Description
Herbs or shrubs, mostly freely branched. Leaves petioled, alternate, or the lower opposite, simple. Flowers -solitary, sm ...
'' (Rose) M.E. Jones
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Lopezia langmaniae
''Lopezia'' is a genus of plants of the family Onagraceae, largely restricted to Mexico and Central America.
Description
Herbs or shrubs, mostly freely branched. Leaves petioled, alternate, or the lower opposite, simple. Flowers -solitary, sm ...
'' Miranda. The species name ''langmaniae'' was given in honor of
Ida Kaplan Langman
Ida Kaplan Langman was a Russian-born, American botanist. She made two long expeditions in Mexico from 1939 to 1941 and from 1948 to 1949. She is best known as the author of ''A Selected Guide to the Literature on the Flowering Plants of Mexico' ...
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Lopezia longiflora
''Lopezia'' is a genus of plants of the family Onagraceae, largely restricted to Mexico and Central America.
Description
Herbs or shrubs, mostly freely branched. Leaves petioled, alternate, or the lower opposite, simple. Flowers -solitary, sm ...
'' Decne.
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Lopezia lopezioides
''Lopezia'' is a genus of plants of the family Onagraceae, largely restricted to Mexico and Central America.
Description
Herbs or shrubs, mostly freely branched. Leaves petioled, alternate, or the lower opposite, simple. Flowers -solitary, sm ...
Lopezia miniata
''Lopezia'' is a genus of plants of the family Onagraceae, largely restricted to Mexico and Central America.
Description
Herbs or shrubs, mostly freely branched. Leaves petioled, alternate, or the lower opposite, simple. Flowers -solitary, sm ...
Lopezia oaxacana
''Lopezia'' is a genus of plants of the family Onagraceae, largely restricted to Mexico and Central America.
Description
Herbs or shrubs, mostly freely branched. Leaves petioled, alternate, or the lower opposite, simple. Flowers -solitary, sm ...
'' Rose
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Lopezia ovata
''Lopezia'' is a genus of plants of the family Onagraceae, largely restricted to Mexico and Central America.
Description
Herbs or shrubs, mostly freely branched. Leaves petioled, alternate, or the lower opposite, simple. Flowers -solitary, sm ...