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Oenothera

Oenothera is a genus of about 145 species of herbaceous flowering plants native to the Americas. It is the type genus of the family Onagraceae. Common names include evening primrose, suncups, and sundrops. They are not closely related to the true primroses (genus Primula).

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Oenothera mollissima, 383 Linum Berendieri, nocturnal movement of cotyledons, 298 -- usitatissimum, circumnutation of stem, 203 Lolium perenne, joints affected by apogeotropism, 502 Lonicera brachypoda, hooking of the tip, 272 --, sensitiveness to light, 453 Loomis, Mr.