Petunia axillaris

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Solanaceae
Subfamilia: Petunioideae
Genus: Petunia
Species: Petunia axillaris
Subspecies: P. a. subsp. axillaris – P. a. subsp. parodii – P. a. subsp. subandina
Name

Petunia axillaris (Lam.)Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., (1888).
Synonyms

Basionym
Nicotiana axillaris Lam., Encycl. (Lamarck) 4(2): 480(–481) (1798).
Homotypic
Stimoryne axillaris (Lam.) Wijsman, Acta Bot. Neerl. 34: 347 (1985).

References

Britton, N.L. & al 1888. Preliminary Catalogue of Anthophyta and Pteridophyta reported as growing spontaneously within one hundred miles of New York: 38.
The International Plant Names Index 2009. Published on the Internet (2010) May 25 [1].
Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 21 Aug 2010 [2].

Vernacular names
English: Large white petunia, white-moon petunia
svenska: Vitpetunia

Petunia axillaris, the large white petunia,[1] wild white petunia or white moon petunia,[2] is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, genus Petunia.[3] It is native to temperate South America. The plant's flowers, the only white ones found in the Petunia genus, are 3 to 7 cm long.[4] The commonly-grown garden petunia is a hybrid of P. axillaris and P. integrifolia.[5]
Subspecies

P. axillaris has three subspecies: P. a. axillaris, P. a. parodii, and P. a. subandina. P. a. axillaris and P. a. parodii are found in flat parts of the Pampas. Meanwhile, P. a. subandina is found in highlands near the Andes.[4]
References

"Petunia axillaris". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
"Sol Genomics Network". Solgenomics.net. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
Kokubun H, Nakano M, Tsukamoto T, Watanabe H, Hashimoto G, Marchesi E, Bullrich L, Basualdo IL, Kao T, Ando T (September 2006). "Distribution of self-compatible and self-incompatible populations of Petunia axillaris (Solanaceae) outside Uruguay". Journal of Plant Research. 119 (5): 419–30. doi:10.1007/s10265-006-0002-y. PMID 16915365. S2CID 21122112.
Turchetto C, Fagundes NJ, Segatto AL, Kuhlemeier C, Solís Neffa G, Speranza PR, Bonatto SL, Freitas LB (February 2014). "Diversification in the South American Pampas: the genetic and morphological variation of the widespread Petunia axillaris complex (Solanaceae)". Molecular Ecology. 23 (2): 374–89. doi:10.1111/mec.12632. PMID 24372681. S2CID 13847331.
USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. "Petunia x atkinsiana". US National Plant Germplasm System.