Boerhavia erecta

Boerhavia erecta

Boerhavia erecta

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 erecta

Name

Boerhavia erecta L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Boerhavia elongata Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 56 (1796), nom. superfl.
  • Senkenbergia erecta (L.) Hook.f. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 6 (1880)
• Heterotypic
  • Valeriana latifolia M.Martens & Galeotti in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(1): 124 (1844)
  • Boerhavia atomaria Raf. in Autik. Bot.: 40 (1840)
  • Boerhavia discolor Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 215 (1818)
  • Boerhavia erecta f. subepunctata Heimerl in Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 14 (1928)
  • Boerhavia erecta var. thornberi (M.E.Jones) Standl. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 381 (1909)
  • Boerhavia glutinosa Miers ex Bertero in Mercurio Chileno: 596 (1829), nom. illeg.
  • Boerhavia lateriflora Standl. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 426 (1911)
  • Boerhavia paniculata var. subacuta Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 451 (1849)
  • Boerhavia scabrida Steud. & Hochst. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 218 (1840)
  • Boerhavia thornberi M.E.Jones in Contr. W. Bot. 12: 72 (1908)
  • Boerhavia virgata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 215 (1818)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas Continental:Southern America Regional: Caribbean Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is., Windward Is. Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru Regional: Northern South America Colombia Introduced into: Angola, Benin, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cape Provinces, Chad, Comoros, Ethiopia, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maryland, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Missouri, Mozambique, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Niger, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe 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

• 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. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Boerhavia erecta 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 erecta. Published online. Accessed: August 01 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Boerhavia erecta. 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 erecta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 August 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Boerhavia erecta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: erect spiderling
தமிழ்: சீமை மூக்கிரட்டை
中文: 直立黃細心, 直立黄细心

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