Boerhavia

Boerhavia diffusa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Nyctaginaceae
Tribus: Nyctagineae
Genus: Boerhavia
Species: B. acutifolia – B. alamosana – B. alata – B. albiflora – B. angustifolia – B. anisophylla – B. bracteosa – B. burbidgeana – B. chrysantha – B. ciliata – B. coccinea – B. cordobensis – B. coulteri – B. crispa – B. crispifolia – B. deserticola – B. diandra – B. dichotoma – B. diffusa – B. dominii – B. elegans – B. erecta – B. fistulosa – B. gardneri – B. glabrata – B. gracillima – B. graminicola – B. herbstii – B. hereroensis – B. hitchcockii – B. hualienensis – B. linearifolia – B. litoralis – B. maculata – B. megaptera – B. mutabilis – B. orbicularifolia – B. paludosa – B. periplocifolia – B. plicata – B. procumbens – B. pterocarpa – B. pulchella – B. punarnava – B. purpurascens – B. repens – B. repleta – B. schinzii – B. schomburgkiana – B. spicata – B. stellata – B. tarapacana – B. tetrandra – B. torreyana – B. traubae – B. triquetra – B. verbenacea – B. weberbaueri – B. wrightii – B. xanti

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Boerhavia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 July 31. Reference page.

Name

Boerhavia L. Sp. Pl. 1: 3. (1753)

• Type species: Boerhavia diffusa L. Sp. Pl. 1: 3. (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Boheravia Parodi Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 5: 210. (1878)
  • Axia Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 35 (1790)
  • Dantia Lippert ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 449 (1849)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Cosmopolitan Regional: Tropicos & Subtropicos Afghanistan, Alabama, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, Chile Central, Chile North, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Desventurados Is., Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Howland-Baker Is., India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Line Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marcus I., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Wake I., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Bermuda, Brazil North, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Free State, Italy, Maryland, Mauritius, Missouri, Niue, Rodrigues, Réunion, Sicilia, Sinai, Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 3. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Boerhavia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 July 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2017. Boerhavia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 May 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Boerhavia. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2017.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Boerhavia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2017.

Vernacular names

العربية: تصنيف:حثرة
English: Spiderlings, Wine-flower
فارسی: رده:شب رنگی
lietuvių: Glemžūnė
മലയാളം: ബോർഹേവിയ
русский: Бурхавия
中文: 黄细心属

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