Aerva javanica

Aerva javanica

as Iresine persica and Iresine javanica, in Burman, 1768

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

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

Primary references

• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1819. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 5. VIII+LII+632 pp., corr. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. : 565
• Jussieu, A.L.de 1803. Observations sur la famille des plantes Amarantacées. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 2: 131–135. BHL Reference page. : 131
• Burman, N.L. 1768. Flora Indica: cui accedit series zoophytorum indicorum, nec non prodromus florae capensis. pp. [i–vii], [1]–241 [242 = Elenchus tabularum] [1–17], [1] 1*, 2–28, 25 [bis]–28 [bis], pls 1–21, 21*, 22–67. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden], Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: apud Cornelium Haek, apud Johannem Schreuderum. BHL Reference page. : 212,

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 javanica 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. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Aerva javanica. 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. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aerva javanica. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 10 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Aerva javanica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Sept. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aerva javanica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

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