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

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. 

Vernacular names

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