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Aerva

Aerva javanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Subfamily:	Amaranthoideae
Genus:	Aerva Forssk.^[1]
Synonyms
Aerua (orth. var.)

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

Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight (as Aerva brachiata (L.) Mart.)
Ouret congesta (Balf.f. ex Baker) Kuntze (as Aerva congesta Balf.f. ex Baker)
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.
1 2 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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

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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