Boerhavia diffusa

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 diffusa

Name

Boerhavia diffusa L., 1753

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Boerhavia diffusa var. vulgaris Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22: 646 (1926), not validly publ.
- Boerhavia diffusa var. vulgaris Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 92 (1926), not validly publ.
- Boerhavia repens var. diffusa (L.) Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 4: 709 (1885)
Heterotypic
- Axia cochinchinensis Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 36 (1790)
- Boerhavia adscendens Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 19 (1797)
- Boerhavia africana Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 16 (1790)
- Boerhavia caespitosa Ridl. in J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 45: 214 (1906)
- Boerhavia coccinea var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) Standl. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 108 (1931)
- Boerhavia decumbens Vahl in Enum. Pl. 1: 284 (1804)
- Boerhavia diffusa var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) C.D.Adams in Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 8: 115 (1970)
- Boerhavia diffusa var. pubescens Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 453 (1849)
- Boerhavia diffusa f. subhirsuta Heimerl in Bull. Herb. Boissier 5(App. 3): 67 (1897)
- Boerhavia friesii Heimerl in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 253 (1906)
- Boerhavia laxa Pers. in Syn. Pl. 1: 36 (1805), nom. superfl.
- Boerhavia obtusifolia Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 213 (1840)
- Boerhavia paniculata Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 10 (1791)
- Boerhavia paniculata Rich. in Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 105 (1792), nom. illeg.
- Boerhavia paniculata f. esetosa Heimerl in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 225 (1913)
- Boerhavia paniculata var. guaranitica Heimerl in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 252 (1906)
- Boerhavia paniculata f. leiocarpa Heimerl in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 252 (1906)
- Boerhavia paniculata var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) Heimerl in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 225 (1913)
- Boerhavia paniculata f. multiglandulosa Heimerl ex Parodi in Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 7: 197 (1930)
- Boerhavia paniculata f. setosa Heimerl in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 225 (1913)
- Boerhavia rottleri Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 213 (1840), not validly publ.
- Boerhavia rugosa Rottler ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 6771 (1832), not validly publ.
- Boerhavia xerophila Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 92 (1925), pro syn.
- Commicarpus africanus (Lour.) Dandy in F.W.Andrews, Fl. Pl. Sudan 1: 152 (1950)

Homonyms

Boerhavia diffusa Sw. in Observ. Bot.: 10 (1791) vide Boerhavia coccinea Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Cosmopolitan
- Regional: Tropics & Subtropics
  - Afghanistan, Aldabra, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Desventurados Is., Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Brazil North, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 3. Reference page.

Additional references

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Boerhavia diffusa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 July 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Boerhavia diffusa. Published online. Accessed: July 31 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Boerhavia diffusa. 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 July 31. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Boerhavia diffusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 July 2024.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Boerhavia diffusa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: red spiderling
日本語: ナハカノコソウ
മലയാളം: തഴുതാമ