Nothosaerva

Nothosaerva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Nothosaerva
Wight
Binomial name
Nothosaerva brachiata
(L.) Wight
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Pseudanthus Wight 1852, illegitimate homonym, not Pseudanthus Sieber ex A. Spreng. 1827 (Picrodendraceae)
  • Achyranthes brachiata L.
  • Aerva brachiata (L.) Mart.
  • Aerva chenopodiifolia Bojer
  • Amaranthus minutus Lesch. ex Moq.
  • Illecebrum brachiatum (L.) L.
  • Pseudanthus brachiatus (L.) Wight

Nothosaerva is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in family Amaranthaceae containing the single species Nothosaerva brachiata. It is native to India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, and eastern Africa.[3]

This species was first described in 1852 with the name Pseudanthus.[2][4] This turned out to be an illegitimate homonym, so it was renamed Nothosaerva in 1853.[1][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 The Plant List, Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Pseudanthus Wight
  3. ↑ Flora of Pakistan, Page 32, Nothosaerva brachiata (Linn.) Wight
  4. ↑ Wight, Robert, 1852. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 5(2): 3
  5. ↑ Wight, Robert. 1853. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 6: page 1 not page 17 as stated in Tropicos
  6. ↑ Wight, Robert. 1853. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 6: plate 1776
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