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Petunia

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Also known as solnaceae, nightshade family

Petunia is a genus of 20 species of flowering plants of South American origin. The popular flower of the same name derived its epithet from the French, which took the word , 'tobacco', from a Tupi–Guarani language. A tender perennial plant, most of the varieties seen in gardens are hybrids (Petunia × atkinsiana, also known as Petunia × hybrida).

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Petunia is a genus of plants in the family Solanaceae. It belongs to the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Solanales. The scientific name is Petunia Juss., and it has the common names petunia, Petunien, Petuniat, and Petuniasläktet. The genus produces capsules as its fruit type.

The native range of Petunia includes Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Records from iDigBio indicate the presence of the genus in Mexico, the United States, China, Brazil, and Argentina. The taxon has been described in sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and the New International Encyclopedia.

Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Mexican Ruellia

Petunia

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderSolanales
  5. FamilySolanaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Paraguay, Uruguay
Observations41,829
Observations recorded17,307

General: Petunia axillaris (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb Common Name: petunia

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,055
With media
442
Family
Solanaceae
Collections
UACH, INECOL, CHSC, NCSC, RSA, SD
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, China, Brazil, Argentina
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Research

2,117 papers

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Solanaceae
Image
Pink petunias.jpg
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Commons category
Petunia
taxon name
Petunia
taxon rank
genus
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=9183
topic's main category
Category:Petunia
described by source
New International Encyclopedia
taxon common name
碧冬茄属
has fruit type
capsule
Sources (8)

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • Ecology
  • Cultivation
  • AGM cultivars
  • Uses
  • Symbolism and folklore
  • Gallery
  • References
  • External links

Petunia is a genus of 20 species of flowering plants of South American origin. The popular flower of the same name derived its epithet from the French, which took the word , 'tobacco', from a Tupi–Guarani language. A tender perennial plant, most of the varieties seen in gardens are hybrids (Petunia × atkinsiana, also known as Petunia × hybrida).

==Taxonomy== Petunia is a genus in the family Solanaceae, subfamily Petunioideae. Well known members of Solanaceae in other subfamilies include tobacco (subfamily Nicotianoideae), and the cape gooseberry, tomato, potato, deadly nightshade and chili pepper (subfamily Solanoideae). Some botanists place the plants of the genus Calibrachoa in the genus Petunia, but this is not accepted by others. Petchoa is a hybrid genus derived from crossing Calibrachoa and Petunia.

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