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]
| 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] |
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At least four species in the genus have acquired the C4 carbon fixation pathway.[5][6]
Species
editSix 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ 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
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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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