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    Oenothera lindheimeri  (ENGELM. & A.GRAY) W.L.WAGNER & HOCH    
 

Fam.: Onagraceae / Willowherb Fam.  

Synon.:  Gaura lindheimeri  ENGELM. & A.GRAY

Genus:  Oenothera  L.,  Gaura  L.
 

Authors:
   ENGELM.:  Georg Engelmann (1809 - 1884), German physician and botanist who worked in the USA
   A.GRAY:  Asa Gray (1810 - 1888), botanist at Harvard (USA)
   W.L.WAGNER:  Warren Lambert Wagner (1950 - ), botanist in the USA
   HOCH:  Peter C. Hoch (fl. 1992), botanist in USA
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Oenothera:   oinotheris (Greek) = plant with wine smell at the roots
   lindheimeri:   Ferdinand Jakob Lindheimer (1801 - 1879), German-American botanist
   Gaura:   gauros = magnificent
 

This is a plant which run wild from a communal planting at Weinheim (Bergstraße, Southern Germany).

 

Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Mannheim 23.7.2014
Fig. 1:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Mannheim 23.7.2014
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Mannheim 23.7.2014
Fig. 2:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Mannheim 23.7.2014
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Mannheim 23.7.2014
Fig. 3:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Mannheim 23.7.2014
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Mannheim 23.7.2014
Fig. 4:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Mannheim 23.7.2014
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Mannheim 16.7.2014
Fig. 5:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Mannheim 16.7.2014
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Mannheim 16.7.2014
Fig. 6:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Mannheim 16.7.2014
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Mannheim 16.7.2014
Fig. 7:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Mannheim 16.7.2014
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Mannheim 16.7.2014
Fig. 8:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Mannheim 16.7.2014
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Mannheim 16.7.2014
Fig. 9:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Mannheim 16.7.2014
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Fig. 10:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Fig. 11:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Fig. 12:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Fig. 13:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Fig. 14:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Fig. 15:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Fig. 16:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 8.9.2009
Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies, GR Akrokorinth 20.11.2011 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)
Fig. 17:  Oenothera lindheimeri / Bee Blossom, Whirling Butterflies
GR Akrokorinth 20.11.2011 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

 


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