Aerva
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| 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. |
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Ouret Adans.[2] Aerua (orth. var.) |
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Aerva is a genus of plant in family Amaranthaceae.
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Selected species
Compiled from several different lists:[3][4][5][6][1]
- 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
- ^ a b "Aerva Forssk.". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/genre.php?langue=an&id=1738. 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). http://apps.kew.org/efloras/namedetail.do?qry=namelist&flora=fz&taxon=6602&nameid=16766. Retrieved 2008-0.
- ^ UniProt. "Genus Aerva". http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/240008. 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. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?242. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ^ "Aerva". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20761. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- ^ "Aerva". Madagascar Catalogue (Flora of North America). http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=12&taxon_id=100701. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ Flora of Pakistan. "Aerva Forssk.". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=100701. 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. http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21380. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten (2007-08). "2317.000 Aerva Forssk.". Flora of Mozambique. http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=531. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
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