Aerva

Aerva javanica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Aerva
Species: A. javanica

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Unresolved species names: A. sericea

Name

Aerva Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 170. (1775)

• Type: Aerva tomentosa Forssk. (= synonym of Aerva javanica)

According to Hammer et al. 2019, Aerva is now considered monotypic. See genera Ouret and Paraerva for species formerly placed here.

References

Primary references

• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. : 170

Additional references

• Hammer, T.A., Zhong, X., Colas des Francs-Small, C., Nevill, P.G., Small, I.D. & Thiele, K.R. 2019. Resolving intergeneric relationships in the aervoid clade and the backbone of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae): Evidence from whole plastid genomes and morphology. Taxon 68(2): 297–314. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12054 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aerva in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 10. Reference page.  (species list not yet updated)
• Hassler, M. 2019. Aerva. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 10. Reference page.  (species list not yet updated)
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aerva. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 10 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Aerva. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Sept. 2019. (species list not yet updated)

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