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Oenothera lamarckiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Myrtales Family: Onagraceae Genus: Oenothera Species: O. lamarckiana
Binomial name
Oenothera lamarckiana

Oenothera lamarckiana (evening primrose) is a species in the genus Oenothera.

Hugo de Vries identified Oenothera gigas as a separate species from O. lamarckiana in 1905.^[1] O. gigas,

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Tupper WW, Bartlett HH (1916). "A Comparison of the Wood Structure of Oenothera Stenomeres and Its Tetraploid Mutation Gigas". Genetics 1 (2): 177-84. PMID 17245855. 

De Vries H (1925). "Mutant Races Derived from OENOTHERA LAMARCKIANA SEMIGIGAS". Genetics 10 (3): 211-22. PMID 17246271. 

Ramsey J and ­Schemske DW (1998). "PATHWAYS, MECHANISMS, AND RATES OF POLYPLOID FORMATION IN FLOWERING PLANTS". Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 29: 467-501. doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.29.1.467. 

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