Moonflower
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Plants
A common name for several night-blooming plants, some with white flowers, including:- Nightblooming cereusNightblooming cereusNightblooming Cereus is the common name referring to a large number of flowering cereus cacti that bloom at night. Because of the short life of the flowers, the nightblooming cereus has a romanticized reputation and has given rise to erroneous beliefs, such as that the plants bloom only once a...
species, including HylocereusHylocereusHylocereus is a genus of cacti, often referred to as nightblooming cactus . Several species have large edible fruits, which are known as pitaya or dragonfruits.-Taxonomy:...
. - DaturaDaturaDatura is a genus of nine species of vespertine flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. Its precise and natural distribution is uncertain, owing to its extensive cultivation and naturalization throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the globe...
species, including D. inoxiaDatura inoxiaDatura inoxia is a species in the family Solanaceae. It is native to Central and South America, and introduced in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. The scientific name is often cited as D. innoxia... - IpomoeaIpomoeaIpomoea is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 500 species. Most of these are called "morning glories", but this can refer to related genera also. Those formerly separated in Calonyction are called "moonflowers"...
species previously separated in Calonyction, including I. albaIpomoea albaIpomoea alba, sometimes called the moonflower or moon vine, is a species of night-blooming morning-glory, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the New World, from northern Argentina north to Mexico and Florida... - MentzeliaMentzeliaMentzelia is a genus of about 60-70 species of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae, native to the Americas. The genus comprises annual, biennial, and perennial herbaceous plants and a few shrubs....
species, including M. pumilaMentzelia pumilaMentzelia pumila, is a biennial wildflower found in the western United States and northern Mexico from Montana and North Dakota, south to Sonora and Chihuahua...
Music
- Moonflower (album)Moonflower (album)Moonflower is a 1977 studio and live double album by Santana. The recording features both studio and live tracks, which are interspersed with one another throughout the album. It is perhaps the group's most popular live album, because Lotus did not receive a U.S. domestic release until the early...
, a 1977 rock album by Carlos Santana - Moon Flower (album)Moon Flower (album)Moon Flower is the first album by the Underneath released on March 18, 2008 in the U.S. and on July 23, 2008 in Japan. The Japanese edition had a different track-order, an extra song titled "Getting Closer" and all of the tracks were re-mixed and remastered....
, a 2008 rock album by The Underneath - "Moonflower", a song from Mark Heard's 1983 album Eye of the Storm
- 月華-tsukihana (Moonflower), a single and song by Nana Kitade
Other
- A representative of one specific class of Intelligent lights
- The callsign of Italian airline NeosNeosNeos S.p.A. is an airline based in Somma Lombardo, Italy, operating leisure flights to Southern Europe, Russia, Africa, the Middle and Far East, the Caribbean, Mexico and Brazil, most of which are out of Malpensa International Airport.- History :...
- Moonflower (ThunderClan cat), a character from Erin Hunter's Warriors series