Aerva javanica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Aerva
Species: Aerva javanica
Varietates: A. j. var. bovei – A. j. var. javanica

Name

Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Juss. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. 5: 565 (1819).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Iresine javanica Burm.f., Fl. Indica: 212 (err. typ. 312) (1768).
Homotypic
- Illecebrum javanicum (Burm.f.) L. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 13.: 206 (1774).
- Achyranthes javanica (Burm.f.) Pers.. Syn. Pl. 1: 259 (1805).
- Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Juss., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 11: 131 (1808), comb. inval.
- Ouret persica var. javanica (Burm.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 544 (1891).
Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
- Achyranthes alopecuroides Lam., Encycl. 1: 548 (1785)
- Achyranthes incana Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 671 (1820)
- Achyranthes persica (Burm.f.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 8 (1821).
- Aerva aegyptiaca J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(2): 1026 (1792).
- Aerva incana Mart., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 291 (1826).
- Aerva ovata Ehrenb. ex Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 174 (1867).
- Aerva persica (Burm.f.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 19: 348 (1921).
- Aerva platyphylla Ehrenb. ex Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 174 (1867).
- Aerva ruspolii Lopr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27(1-2): 57 (1899).
- Aerva suaveolens Edgew., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 207 (1862).
- Aerva tomentosa Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. p. cxxii. 170 (1775); Lam. Encyc. i. 46.
- Aerva trichophylla Ehrenb. ex Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinfurth] 174 (1867).
- Aerva wallichii Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 300 (1849).
- Celosia lanata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 205 (1753).
- Illecebrum lanatum hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 299 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
- Illecebrum latifolium Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 428 (1821).
- Illecebrum obcordatum Vahl ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 428 (1821).
- Illecebrum tomentosum hort. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 299 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
- Iresine persica Burm.f., Fl. Ind. (N. L. Burman) 212 (err. typ. 312) (1768).
- Uretia persica (Burm.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 544 (1891).
- Uretia sericea Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 544 (1891).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara
- Macaronesia
  - Cape Verde
- West Tropical Africa
  - Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
- South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Mozambique
- Southern Africa
  - Botswana
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
- Western Asia
  - Iran, Palestine, Sinai
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Indochina
  - Myanmar (introduced).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1819. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 5. VIII LII 632 pp., corr. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. : 565
Jussieu, A.L.de 1803. Observations sur la famille des plantes Amarantacées. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 2: 131–135. BHL Reference page. : 131
Burman, N.L. 1768. Flora Indica: cui accedit series zoophytorum indicorum, nec non prodromus florae capensis. pp. [i–vii], [1]–241 [242 = Elenchus tabularum] [1–17], [1] 1*, 2–28, 25 [bis]–28 [bis], pls 1–21, 21*, 22–67. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden], Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: apud Cornelium Haek, apud Johannem Schreuderum. BHL Reference page. : 212,

Additional references

Hammer, T.A., Zhong, X., Colas des Francs-Small, C., Nevill, P.G., Small, I.D. & Thiele, K.R. 2019. Resolving intergeneric relationships in the aervoid clade and the backbone of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae): Evidence from whole plastid genomes and morphology. Taxon 68(2): 297–314. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12054 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aerva javanica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 10. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Aerva javanica. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aerva javanica. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 10 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Aerva javanica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Sept. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aerva javanica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.