Aerva javanica
as Iresine persica and Iresine javanica, in Burman, 1768

Taxonavigation

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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: Aerva javanica
Varietates: A. j. var. bovei – A. j. var. javanica

Name

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Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Juss. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. 5: 565 (1819).

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Iresine javanica Burm.f., Fl. Indica: 212 (err. typ. 312) (1768).
  • Homotypic
    • Illecebrum javanicum (Burm.f.) L. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 13.: 206 (1774).
    • Achyranthes javanica (Burm.f.) Pers.. Syn. Pl. 1: 259 (1805).
    • Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Juss., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 11: 131 (1808), comb. inval.
    • Ouret persica var. javanica (Burm.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 544 (1891).
  • Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
    • Achyranthes alopecuroides Lam., Encycl. 1: 548 (1785)
    • Achyranthes incana Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 671 (1820)
    • Achyranthes persica (Burm.f.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 8 (1821).
    • Aerva aegyptiaca J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(2): 1026 (1792).
    • Aerva incana Mart., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 291 (1826).
    • Aerva ovata Ehrenb. ex Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 174 (1867).
    • Aerva persica (Burm.f.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 19: 348 (1921).
    • Aerva platyphylla Ehrenb. ex Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 174 (1867).
    • Aerva ruspolii Lopr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27(1-2): 57 (1899).
    • Aerva suaveolens Edgew., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 207 (1862).
    • Aerva tomentosa Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. p. cxxii. 170 (1775); Lam. Encyc. i. 46.
    • Aerva trichophylla Ehrenb. ex Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 174 (1867).
    • Aerva wallichii Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 300 (1849).
    • Celosia lanata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 205 (1753).
    • Illecebrum lanatum hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 299 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Illecebrum latifolium Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 428 (1821).
    • Illecebrum obcordatum Vahl ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 428 (1821).
    • Illecebrum tomentosum hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 299 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Iresine persica Burm.f., Fl. Ind. (N. L. Burman) 212 (err. typ. 312) (1768).
    • Uretia persica (Burm.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 544 (1891).
    • Uretia sericea Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 544 (1891).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara
    • Macaronesia
      • Cape Verde
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi, Mozambique
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Western Asia
      • Iran, Palestine, Sinai
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
    • Indochina
      • Myanmar (introduced).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • 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
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