Basella alba

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Basellaceae
Genus: Basella
Species: Basella alba

Name

Basella alba L., Sp. Pl. 1: 272 (1753).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Basella alba var. cordifolia (Lam.) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 217 (2003).
- Basella cordifolia Lam. in Lam. & al., Encycl. 1: 382 (1783).
- Basella crassifolia Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 153 (1796).
- Basella japonica Burm.f., Fl. Ind. 76, t. 39, f. 4 (1768).
- Basella lucida L., Syst. Nat.. ed. 10, 2: 966 (1759).
- Basella nigra Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 183 (1790).
- Basella oleracea Alef., Landw. Fl., 281 (1866).
- Basella rubra L., Sp. Pl. 1: 272 (1753).
- Basella volubilis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 153 (1796).
- Gandola nigra (Lour.) Raf., Sylva Tellur., 60 (1838).

References

'eFloras 2008. Basella alba in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 272. Reference page.

Mansfeld's World Database of Agriculture and Horticultural Crops (1998 onwards) IPK Gatersleben. Accessed: 2016 Mar 09.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Basella alba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: পুঁই শাক
Deutsch: Malabarspinat
English: Malabar Spinach
español: Espinaca de Malabar, Espinaca China
suomi: Malabarinpinaatti
français: Épinard de Malabar
Türkçe: Çin Ispanağı
中文: 落葵

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