Aerva
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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.[1][2] Aerva javanica is an alien in northern Australia.[3]
At least four species in the genus have acquired the C4 carbon fixation pathway.[4][5]
Species
Six species are accepted.[1]
- Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Juss. ex Schult.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern and eastern Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula and west Asia, Indian subcontinent, and Myanmar
- Aerva madagassica Suess.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Madagascar
- Aerva radicans Mart.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – India
- Aerva sericea Moq.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Hawaiian Islands (extinct)
- Aerva villosa Moq.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mauritius
- Aerva wightii Hook.f.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – India
Formerly placed here
- Ouret lanata (L.) KuntzeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (as Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Paraerva microphylla (as Aerva microphylla Moq.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Paraerva revoluta (as Aerva revoluta Balf.f.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Wadithamnus artemisioides (Vierh. & O.Schwartz) T.Hammer & R.W.DavisScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (as Aerva artemisioides Vierh. & O.SchwartzScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)[6][7]
References
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- ↑ a b Aerva Forssk. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
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