Boerhavia repens

Boerhavia repens

Boerhavia repens

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: Boerhavia repens

Name

Boerhavia repens L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Boerhavia diffusa var. eurepens Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 91 (1926), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Boerhavia angustifolia Span. in Linnaea 15: 342 (1841)
  • Boerhavia ascendens Schumach. in Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 17 (1827)
  • Boerhavia bicolor Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 168 (1867)
  • Boerhavia cortensis Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 168 (1867)
  • Boerhavia diffusa var. gymnocarpa Heimerl in unknown publication
  • Boerhavia diffusa var. minor (Delile) Cufod. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXI (1969)
  • Boerhavia diffusa var. pseudotetrandra Heimerl in unknown publication
  • Boerhavia diffusa var. sandwicensis Heimerl in unknown publication
  • Boerhavia diffusa var. vulvariifolia (Poir.) Heimerl in Beitr. Syst. Nyctag.: 26 (1897)
  • Boerhavia eglandulosa Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 169 (1867)
  • Boerhavia hirsuta Willd. in Phytoraphia: 1 (1794), nom. illeg.
  • Boerhavia insularis Bojer in Hortus Maurit.: 264 (1837), not validly publ.
  • Boerhavia insularis Bojer in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 18: 188 (1842)
  • Boerhavia maroccana Ball in J. Bot. 13: 176 (1875)
  • Boerhavia minutiflora Span. in Linnaea 15: 342 (1841)
  • Boerhavia periplocifolia Sieber ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 453 (1849)
  • Boerhavia pubescens R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 422 (1810)
  • Boerhavia repens var. amphilahensis A.Terracc. in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 101 (1894)
  • Boerhavia repens var. glabra Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 453 (1849)
  • Boerhavia repens var. maris-indici Fosberg in Kew Bull. 33: 398 (1979)
  • Boerhavia repens var. minor Delile in Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 1, t. 3 (1813)
  • Boerhavia repens var. pubescens (R.Br.) Fosberg in Kew Bull. 39: 610 (1978)
  • Boerhavia repens var. viscosa Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 453 (1849)
  • Boerhavia rupestris Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 169 (1867)
  • Boerhavia sessiliflora Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 213 (1840)
  • Boerhavia suberosa C.Sm. in J.H.Tuckey, Narr. Exped. Zaire: 249 (1818)
  • Boerhavia sumata Zipp. ex Span. in Linnaea 15: 342 (1841)
  • Boerhavia surinamensis Miq. in Linnaea 18: 244 (1844)
  • Boerhavia tomentosa Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 168 (1867)
  • Boerhavia undulata Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 168 (1867)
  • Boerhavia viscosa Fresen. in Mus. Senckenberg. 1: 75 (1833), nom. illeg.
  • Boerhavia vulvariifolia Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 55 (1804)
  • Dantia nubica Lippert ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 453 (1849)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa to Pacific Regional: Tropics & Subtropics Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Line Is., Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marcus I., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Wake I., Western Australia, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Easter Is., Spain 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. 

Additional references

• Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) 2003. Flora of China. Volume 5: Ulmaceae through Basellaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 1-930723-27-X. Reference page. 
• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Boerhavia repens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Boerhavia repens. Published online. Accessed: August 01 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Boerhavia repens. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 01. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Boerhavia repens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 August 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Boerhavia repens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: anena

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