Boerhavia

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Boerhavia
Boerhavia diffusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Boerhavia
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Boerhavia, the spiderlings or hogweeds, is a genus of about 40 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the four o'clock flower family, Nyctaginaceae. The common name refers to the appearance of a spider or spider's web given by the numerous long, slender and interlocking stems of the inflorescences. The genus was named for Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch botanist, and the genus name is frequently misspelled "Boerhaavia".

They are native to mostly warm tropical areas.

Selected species

  • Boerhavia anisophylla Torr. – wineflower
  • Boerhavia coccinea P.Mill. – scarlet spiderling
  • Boerhavia coulteri (Hook.f.) S.Wats. - Coulter spiderling, Coulter's spiderling
  • Boerhavia diffusa L. – red spiderling
  • Boerhavia dominii Meikle & Hewson – tah-vine
  • Boerhavia erecta L. – erect spiderling
  • Boerhavia gracillima Heimerl – slim-stalk spiderling, slimstalk spiderling
  • Boerhavia herbstii Fosberg – alena
  • Boerhavia intermedia M.E.Jones – five-wing spiderling, fivewing spiderling
  • Boerhavia linearifolia Gray – narrowleaf spiderling
  • Boerhavia mathisiana F.B.Jones – Mathis' spiderling
  • Boerhavia megaptera Standl. – annual spiderling, Tucson Mountain spiderling
  • Boerhavia pterocarpa S.Wats. – Apache Pass spiderling
  • Boerhavia purpurascens Gray – purple spiderling
  • Boerhavia repens L.
  • Boerhavia scandens L. – climbing spiderling, climbing wartclub, wishbone vine
  • Boerhavia spicata Choisy – creeping spiderling
  • Boerhavia triquetra S.Wats. – slender spiderling
  • Boerhavia wrightii Gray – Wright's boerhavia

Cultivation and uses

Several species of Boerhavia are important weeds in agricultural and horticultural settings.

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