Aerva
| Aerva | |
|---|---|
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| Aerva lanata var rotundifolia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaranthoideae |
| Genus: | Aerva[1] Forssk. |
| Synonyms | |
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Ouret Adans.[2] Aerua (orth. var.) | |
Aerva is a genus of plant in family Amaranthaceae.
Selected species
Compiled from several different lists:[1][3][4][5][6]
- Aerva artemisioides
- Aerva congesta
- Aerva coriacea Schinz
- Aerva humbertii Cavaco
- Aerva javanica(Burman f.) A. L. Juss. ex Schultes
- Aerva lanata (L.) A. L. Juss. ex Schultes
- Aerva leucura Moq.
- Aerva madagassica Suess.
- Aerva microphylla Moq.
- Aerva revoluta Balf.f.
- Aerva sericea Moq. -- island puzzle
- Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume
- Aerva transvaalensis Gand.
- Aerva triangularifolia Cavaco
Distribution
Found in the tropics, mostly in continental Africa, Madagascar and smaller islands (Rodrigues, Mauritius, Socotra).[7]
References
- 1 2 "Aerva Forssk.". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ↑ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. "Amaranthaceae by C. C. Townsend". Flora Zambesiaca (Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 9 (part:1). Retrieved 2008-0. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ UniProt. "Genus Aerva". Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2007-10-05). "Genus: Aerva Forssk.". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ↑ "Aerva". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- ↑ "Aerva". Madagascar Catalogue (Flora of North America). Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ Flora of Pakistan. "Aerva Forssk.". Retrieved 2008-04-28.
External links
Data related to Aerva at Wikispecies
- T.D. Macfarlane, FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia (2007-09-06). "Aerva". Flora Descriptions. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten (August 2007). "2317.000 Aerva Forssk.". Flora of Mozambique. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
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