Boerhavia elegans

Boerhavia elegans

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 elegans

Name

Boerhavia elegans Choisy, 1849

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Boerhavia repens var. elegans (Choisy) Asch. & Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 169 (1867)
  • Boerhavia rubicunda Steud. ex Heimerl in Beitr. Syst. Nyctag.: 28 (1897), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Boerhavia diffusa var. ehrenbergii (Asch. & Schweinf.) Cufod. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXI (1969)
  • Boerhavia elegans var. stenophylla Boiss. in Fl. Orient. 4: 1046 (1879)
  • Boerhavia elegans subsp. stenophylla (Boiss.) A.G.Mill. in Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 40 (1994)
  • Boerhavia repens var. ehrenbergii Asch. & Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 168 (1867)
  • Boerhavia rubicunda var. stenophylla (Boiss.) Fosberg in Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 39: 14 (1978)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Regional: Central Africa Chad, Niger Regional: Eastern Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan Continental:Asia-temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Regional: Indian subcontinent India, Pakistan, West Himalaya Regional: Southwestern Asia Iran References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, 1849. Prodr. 13(2): 453

Additional references

• Whitehouse, C. (1996). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Nyctaginaceae: 1-20.
• 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 elegans 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 elegans. Published online. Accessed: August 01 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Boerhavia elegans. 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 elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 August 2024.

Vernacular names

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