| Aerva | |
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| Aerva javanica | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaranthoideae |
| Genus: |
Aerva Forssk. [1] |
| Synonyms | |
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Aerva is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. Its species are native to the palaeotropics, throughout continental Africa, Madagascar and smaller islands ( Mauritius and Socotra), through parts of the Middle East, India, and southeast Asia. [2] [3] Aerva javanica is an alien in northern Australia. [4]
At least four species in the genus have acquired the C4 carbon fixation pathway. [5] [6]
Species
Six species are accepted. [2]
- Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Juss. ex Schult. – northern and eastern Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula and west Asia, Indian subcontinent, and Myanmar
- Aerva madagassica Suess. – Madagascar
- Aerva radicans Mart. – India
- Aerva sericea Moq. – Hawaiian Islands (extinct)
- Aerva villosa Moq. – Mauritius
- Aerva wightii Hook.f. – India
Formerly placed here
- Ouret lanata (L.) Kuntze (as Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult.)
- Paraerva microphylla (as Aerva microphylla Moq.)
- Paraerva revoluta (as Aerva revoluta Balf.f.)
- Wadithamnus artemisioides (Vierh. & O.Schwartz) T.Hammer & R.W.Davis (as Aerva artemisioides Vierh. & O.Schwartz) [7] [8]
References
- ^ "Aerva Forssk". International Plant Names Index. Plant Names Project. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
- ^ a b Aerva Forssk. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ Flora of Pakistan. "Aerva Forssk". Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Schult. Kapok Bush". FloraBase. 14 August 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
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^ Sage, R.F.; Sage, T.L.; Pearcy, R.W.; Borsch, T. (2007). "The taxonomic distribution of C4 photosynthesis in Amaranthaceae sensu stricto". American Journal of Botany. 94 (12): 1992–2003.
doi:
10.3732/ajb.94.12.1992.
ISSN
0002-9122.
PMID
21636394.
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^ Sage, R.F. (2016).
"A portrait of the C4 photosynthetic family on the 50th anniversary of its discovery: species number, evolutionary lineages, and Hall of Fame". Journal of Experimental Botany. 67 (14): 4039–4056.
doi:
10.1093/jxb/erw156.
ISSN
0022-0957.
PMID
27053721.
- ^ "Wadithamnus". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ Hammer, Timothy A.; Davis, Robert W.; Thiele, Kevin R. (2017). "Wadithamnus, a new monotypic genus in Amaranthaceae". Phytotaxa. 295 (2): 173–184. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.295.2.5.
External links
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Data related to
Aerva at Wikispecies - T.D. Macfarlane, FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia (2007-09-06). "Aerva". Flora Descriptions. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten (August 2007). "2317.000 Aerva Forssk". Flora of Mozambique. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
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