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April 17th, 2024

402.0000 Family Nyctaginaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 90 (1789), nom. cons.
32 genera, ca. 440 spp. Phylogeny: Douglas & Spellenberg (2010)
Species listed in database: 458; hybrids: 3
= Allioniaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 68 (1834)
= Bougainvilleaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 364 (1858)
= Mirabilidaceae W.R.B.Oliv.; Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 66: 294 (1936)
= Pisoniaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 363 (1858)
402.0611 Genus Boerhavia Vaill. ex L.; Syst. ed. I. (1753)
Distribution: tropics and subtropics
Species listed in database: 54
= Axia Lour.; Fl. Cochinch.: 35 (1790)
= Dantia Lippert ex Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 449 (1849)
species :
Boerhavia alamasona Rose; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 110 (1891)
Distribution: Mexico (Sonora)
79 MEX
species :
Boerhavia alata S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 69 (1889)
Distribution: Mexico (Sonora)
79 MEX
species :
Boerhavia albiflora Fosberg; Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 39: 11 (1978)
Distribution: N-Line Isl. (Palmyra Atoll, Teraina, Tabueran, Kiritimati); Cook Isl. (Penrhyn); Wake Isl.; Fed. States of Micronesia; [Western] Samoa (Aleipata Isl.); American Samoa (Tutuila)
60 ASA SAM 61 COO LIN 62 MIC WAK
Remarks: valid species fide Sykes 2016, not a synonym of B. tetrandra
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia albiflora var. heronensis Fosberg; Brittonia 40(1): 59 (1988)
= Boerhavia albiflora var. powelliae Fosberg; Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 39: 12 (1978)
species :
Boerhavia angustifolia L.; Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 2: 52 (1767)
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Boerhavia anisophylla Torr.; Bot. Mex. Bound. 171 (1859)
Name: Wineflower
Distribution: USA (Texas); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Zacatecas)
77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia anisophylla f. polytricha Heimerl; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 220 (1913)
= Boerhavia anisophylla var. micrantha Heimerl; Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 5: 187 (1901)
= Boerhavia anisophylla var. paniculata J.M.Coult. & Fisher; Bot. Gaz. 17: 348 (1892)
species :
Boerhavia burbidgeana Hewson; Fl. Australia 4: 318 (1984)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Australia (N-Western Australia, N-Northern Territory); Ashmore & Cartier Isl. (Ashmore Reef)
42 NWG 50 ASH AUS
species :
Boerhavia chrysantha Barneby; Leafl. W. Bot. 10: 264 (1966)
Distribution: Mexico (Durango)
79 MEX
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Boerhavia ciliata Brandegee; Univ. Calif Publ. Bot. 4: 270 (1912)
Name: Mathis´ spiderling
Distribution: USA (Texas); Mexico (San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Queretaro)
77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia mathisiana F.B.Jones; Fl. Texas Coastal Bend, ed. 2, 231-232 (1977)
species :
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.; Gard. Dict. ed. VIII. n. 4 (1768)
Name: Scarlet spiderling, Viscid hog-weed (Bahamas), Mata pavo (Cuba), Hogweed (Jamaica), Batata de porko, Hogweed (Lesser Antilles)
Distribution: Egypt (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, SE-Egypt); Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Sal Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Niger; Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Annobon Isl.; Central African Republic; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] (Ile Europa, Juan de Nova Isl.); Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Aldabra (Aldabra Isl., Asuncio Isl., Cosmoledo Isl., Astove Isl., Providence Isl., Farquhar Isl.); Agalega Isl.; Seychelles (African Banks Isl., Remire Isl.); Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir); Oman (Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, N-Inner Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); Pakistan [I]; Nepal [I]; Bhutan [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Nicobar Isl. [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Vietnam [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Philippines [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; [Western] Samoa [I] (´Upolu [I], Savai´i [I]); Austral Isl. [I] (Raivavae [I]); Guam [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kure Atoll [I], Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Kahoolawe Isl. [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA (Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Socorro, Isla Clarion); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; Saba; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Antigua; Barbuda; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Bolívar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Cojedes, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia); Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Tarija); NE-Brazil (Ceara, Bahia); SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
20 EGY 21 CVI 22 BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO CAF 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 AGA ALD MAU MCI REU ROD SEY 34 SIN 35 OMA SAU YEM 40 ban bhu nep pak 41 and lao ncb tha vie 42 mly phi sul 60 fij nue nwc rot sam 61 aui 62 gum 63 haw 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX RGI 80 BLZ GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA AGU ARU BAH BBD BON CAY CUB CUR DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE SAB STE STK STL STM STV TRT VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia adscendens var. pubescens Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 451 (1849)
= Boerhavia bracteata T.Cooke; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 421 (1910)
= Boerhavia caribaea Jacq.; Observ. Bot. [Jacq.] 4: 5 (t. 84) (1771)
= Boerhavia coccinea f. parcehirsuta Heimerl; Symb. Antill. (Urb.). 7(2): 212 (1912)
= Boerhavia coccinea var. paniculata (Kuntze) Moscoso; Cat. Fl. Domingensis 1: 180 (1943)
= Boerhavia coccinea var. pubescens (Choisy) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XX (1969)
= Boerhavia coccinea var. viscosa (Lag. & Rodr.) Moscoso; Cat. Fl. Domingensis 1: 180 (1943)
= Boerhavia diandra Aubl.; Pl. Gui. 1: 4 (1775) non L.
= Boerhavia diffusa Engelm. & A.Gray; Boston, J. Nat. Hist. 5: 259 (1847), non L.
= Boerhavia diffusa f. crassifolia Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 92 (1926)
= Boerhavia diffusa Sw.; Observ. Bot.: 10 (1791), nom. illeg., non L.
= Boerhavia diffusa var. acrophila Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 89: 92, t. 21. figs 1 5 (1926)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. hirsuta Heimerl; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 9 (1888)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. hirta Balle; Fl. Congo Belge 1: 85 (1951), anglice
= Boerhavia diffusa var. obtusifolia Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 452 (1849)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. paniculata Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 533 (1891)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. undulata (Asch. & Schweinf.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXI (1969)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. viscosa (Lag. & Rodr.) Heimerl; Beitr. Syst. Nyctag. 23 (1897)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. xerophila Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 92 (1926)
= Boerhavia glandulosa Andersson; Galapagos Veg. 64 (1854)
= Boerhavia hirsuta Jacq.; Hort. Bot. Vindob. 1: 3 (1770), nom. superfl.
= Boerhavia hirsuta L.; Mantissa: 170 (1771)
= Boerhavia ixodes Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 423 (1911)
= Boerhavia marlothii Heimerl; Bot. Jahrb. 10: 9 (1889) 9
= Boerhavia nantocana Schauer; Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 403 (1843)
= Boerhavia obtusifolia Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. i. 10 (1791)
= Boerhavia patula Dombey ex Vahl; Enum. Pl. 1: 287 (1804)
= Boerhavia polymorpha Rich.; Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 105 (1792)
= Boerhavia ramulosa M.E.Jones; Contr. W. Bot. 10: 40 (1902)
= Boerhavia repens var. undulata Asch. & Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 168 (1867)
= Boerhavia sonorae Rose; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 111 (1891)
= Boerhavia squamata Raf.; Autik. Bot.: 40 (1840)
= Boerhavia viscosa f. oligadena Heimerl; Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 3: 87 (1903)
= Boerhavia viscosa Lag. & Rodr.; Anal. Cienc. Nat. 4: 256. n. 12 (1801)
= Boerhavia viscosa subsp. apiculata Standl.; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 383 (1909)
species :
Boerhavia cordobensis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 265 (1898)
Distribution: Namibia [I]; South Africa [I]; Argentina (Catamarca, Cordoba, La Rioja, Santiago del Estero, San Luis)
27 nam saf 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia ciliatobracteata Heimerl; Jahresber. Staats-Oberrealsch. Fünfhaus Wien 23: 25 (1900)
= Boerhavia paniculata var. cordobensis (Kuntze ex Heimerl) Heimerl; Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 224 (1913)
species :
Boerhavia coulteri (Hook.f.) S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. 24: 70 (1889)
Name: Coulter´s spiderling
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia rosei Standl.; Contrib. US. Nat. Herb. 13: 424 (1911)
= Senkenbergia coulteri Hook.f.; Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. 3: 6 (1880)
variant :
var. palmeri (S.Watson) Spellenb.; Sida 20: 153 (2002)
Distribution: USA (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Sonora)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia spicata var. palmeri S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 70 (1889)
species :
Boerhavia crispa F.Heyne; [Numer. List no. 6771 (1829), nom. nud.] ex Hook.f.
Distribution: Taiwan; India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)
38 TAI 40 IND
species :
Boerhavia crispifolia Fosberg; Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 39: 15 (1978)
Distribution: Aldabra
29 ALD
species :
Boerhavia deserticola Codd; Bothalia 9: 119 (1966)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Boerhavia dichotoma Hochst. ex Walp.; Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 298 (1852)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia pulverulenta Dupuis ex Vahl; Enum. Pl. 1: 291 (1804)
species :
Boerhavia diffusa L.; Sp. Pl. 1: 3 (1753), nom. cons.
Name: Mata pavo, Toston, Yerba de puerco, Hog Weed, Red spiderling
Distribution: Egypt [I] (Great Southwestern Desert [I], Nile Delta [I], Nile Valley [I]); Senegal [I]; Gambia [I]; Guinea-Bissau [I]; Guinea [I]; Sierra Leone [I]; Liberia [I]; Mali [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Ivory Coast [I]; Ghana [I]; Togo [I]; Benin [I]; Niger [I]; Nigeria [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Principe Isl. [I]; São Tomé [I]; Annobon Isl. [I]; Gabon [I]; Congo [Brazzaville] [I]; D.R.Congo [Zaire] [I]; Chad [I]; Sudan [I]; South Sudan [I]; Ethiopia [I]; Eritrea [I]; Somalia [I]; Samha Isl. [I]; Soqotra [I]; Uganda [I]; Kenya [I]; Tanzania [I]; Angola [I]; Zambia [I]; Malawi [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Mozambique [I]; Namibia [I]; Botswana [I]; South Africa [I] (widespread); Eswatini [Swaziland] [I]; Madagascar [I]; Iles Glorieuses [I]; Seychelles [I]; Iran [I] (S-Iran [I]); Afghanistan [I] (Kunar / Nuristan [I], Laghman [I], Nangarhar [I], Paktia / Khost [I]); Israel [I] (Rift Valley [I]); Sinai peninsula [I] (S-Sinai [I]); Jordania [I] (S-Jordania [I]); Saudi Arabia [I] (N-Saudi Arabia [I], Hejaz [I], Asir [I]); United Arab Emirates [I]; Oman [I] (Dhofar [I], Mascat & Oman [I]); Yemen [I] (Aden Desert [I], Inner Hadhramaut [I], N-Inner Yemen [I], SW-Yemen [I], Tihama [I], W-Yemen [I]); China [I] (Fujian [I], Guangdong [I], Hainan [I], Guangxi [I], Sichuan [I], Guizhou [I], Yunnan [I]); Bonin Isl. [I] (Chichijima [I]); Volcano Isl. [I] (Kita-Iwojima [I], Iwojima [I], Minami-Iwojima [I]); Taiwan [I]; Pakistan [I] (Baluchistan [I]); India [I] (widespread); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Maldives [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; South China Sea Isl. [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Singapore [I]; Sumatra [I]; Borneo [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I] (Bali [I]); Moluccas [I]; Cocos [Keeling] Isl. [I]; Christmas Isl. [I] (Austr. [I]); New Guinea [I]; Solomon Isl. [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], Northern Territory [I], South Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); Tonga [I] (Lifuka [I], Vava´u [I], Tafahi [I], Niuatoputapu [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I]; Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Makatea Isl. [I]); Easter Isl.; Hawaii [I] (Pearl and Hermes Reef [I], Laysan Isl. [I], Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Kahoolawe Isl. [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas); Mexico (Campeche, Yucatan, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, México Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; Saba; Montserrat; Dominica; St. Lucia; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Tobago; Trinidad; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolívar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Merida, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Tachira, Sucre, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Pernambuco, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); Paraguay (Caazapa, Central, Guaira); Uruguay (Montevideo); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe); Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule, Biobío); Desventuradas Isl.
20 egy 22 ben bkn gam gha gnb gui ivo lbr mli nga ngr sen sie tog 23 ann bio con gab pri sao zai 24 cha eri eth soc som ssu sud 25 ken tan uga 26 ang mlw moz zam zim 27 bot nam saf swz 29 igl mdg sey 34 afg irn isr jor sin 35 oma sau uae yem 36 chi 38 kzn oga tai 40 ind ldv mdv pak srl 41 cbd mya tha vie 42 bor cki jaw lsi mly mol nwg phi scs sng sul sum 43 sol 50 aus 60 ton 61 EAS mrq tua 63 haw 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC 81 AGU BAH BON CAY CUB CUR DOM GRE HIS JAM MTS PUE SAB STL STV TCI TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG CLE DSV PAR URU
Remarks: many records in Pacific and Asia might refer to B. glabrata
Synonyms: hidden
= Axia cochinchinensis Lour.; Fl. Cochinch.: 36 (1790)
= Boerhavia caespitosa Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 45: 214 (1906)
= Boerhavia coccinea var. paniculata (Rich.) Moscoso; Cat. Fl. Domingensis 1: 180 (1943)
= Boerhavia decumbens Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] i. 284 (1804)
= Boerhavia diffusa f. subhirsuta Heimerl; Bull. Herb. Boissier 5(App. 3): 67 (1897)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. mutabilis R.Br.; Symb. Sin. 7(1): 165 (1929)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. pubescens Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 453 (1849)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. vulgaris Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 92 (1926), nom. inval.
= Boerhavia laxa Pers.; Syn. Pl. 1: 36 (1805), nom. superfl.
= Boerhavia obtusifolia Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 213 (1840)
= Boerhavia paniculata f. esetosa Heimerl; Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 225 (1913)
= Boerhavia paniculata f. multiglandulosa Heimerl ex Parodi; Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 7: 197 (1930)
= Boerhavia paniculata f. setosa Heimerl; Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 225 (1913)
= Boerhavia paniculata Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 10 (1791)
= Boerhavia paniculata Rich.; Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 105 (1792), nom. illeg.
= Boerhavia procumbens Banks ex Roxb.; Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall. 1: 148 (1820), Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 1: 146 (1832)
= Boerhavia repens var. diffusa (L.) Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 4: 709 (1885)
= Boerhavia repens var. procumbens (Banks ex Roxb.) Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 4: 709 (1885)
= Boerhavia rottleri Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 213 (1840), nom. inval.
= Boerhavia rugosa Rottler ex Wall.; Numer. List: no. 6771 (1832), nom. inval.
= Boerhavia surinamensis Miq.; Linnaea 18: 244 (1844)
= Boerhavia xerophila Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 92 (1925), pro syn.
variant :
var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) C.D.Adams; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 8: 115 (1970)
Distribution: Jamaica; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Ecuador; Bolivia; Paraguay (Pres. Hayes); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
81 HIS JAM 83 BOL ECU 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia adscendens Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willd.] 1(1): 19 (1797)
= Boerhavia coccinea var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 108 (1931)
= Boerhavia friesii Heimerl; Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 56: 253 (1906)
= Boerhavia paniculata f. leiocarpa Heimerl; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 252 (1906)
= Boerhavia paniculata var. guaranitica Heimerl; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 252 (1906)
= Boerhavia paniculata var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) Heimerl; Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 225 (1913)
species :
Boerhavia dominii Meikle & Hewson; Fl. Australia 4: 318 (1984)
Distribution: Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
50 AUS
species :
Boerhavia elegans Choisy; DC., Prodr. 13 2: 453 (1849)
subspecies :
subsp. elegans
Distribution: Saudi Arabia; S-Yemen
35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia rubicunda Steud.; Nom. ed. II. 1: 213 (1841) (nom. nud.)
subspecies :
subsp. stenophylla (Boiss.) A.G.Mill.; Edinburgh J. Bot. 51(1): 40 (1994)
Distribution: S-Libya (Tibesti); Egypt (SE-Egypt); Niger; Chad (Tibesti, Ennedi); ?Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; NE-Kenya; St. Helena; Iran (S-Iran); Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Rub al Khali, Asir); Bahrain; United Arab Emirates; Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen); Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan, N. W. Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab); India (Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan)
20 EGY LBY 22 NGR 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN 28 STH 34 IRN 35 BAR OMA SAU UAE YEM 40 IND PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia diffusa var. ehrenbergii (Asch. & Schweinf.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXI (1969)
= Boerhavia elegans var. stenophylla Boiss.; Fl. Orient. 4: 1046 (1879)
= Boerhavia repanda Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 2 (1814), nomen
= Boerhavia repens var. ehrenbergii Asch. & Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 168 (1867)
= Boerhavia repens var. elegans (Choisy) Asch. & Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 169 (1867)
= Boerhavia rubicunda var. stenophylla (Boiss.) Fosberg; Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 39: 14 (1978)
= Commicarpus repandus (Roxb.) Standl.; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 101 (1916)
species :
Boerhavia erecta L.; Sp. Pl. 1: 3 (1753)
Name: Erect spiderling; Smooth hog-weed (Bahamas), Toston (Cuba), Patagon (Dominican Republic), Hogweed, Mata porko, Patagon, Yerba marga (Lesser Antilles)
Distribution: Gambia [I]; Guinea-Bissau [I]; Guinea [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Ghana [I]; Togo [I]; Benin [I]; Niger [I]; Sudan [I]; South Sudan [I]; Somalia [I]; S-Somalia [I]; Uganda [I]; Kenya [I]; Tanzania [I]; Angola [I]; Zambia [I]; Malawi [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Mozambique [I]; South Africa [I] (widespread); Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] [I] (+Ile Europa [I], Juan de Nova Isl. [I]); Iles Glorieuses [I]; Qatar [I]; China [I] (Guangdong [I]); India [I] (widespread); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Maldives [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Vietnam [I]; South China Sea Isl. [I]; Sumatra [I]; Borneo [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]; Moluccas [I]; New Guinea [I]; Solomon Isl. [I]; USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Revillagigedos Isl. [I] (Isla Socorro [I]); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Navassa Isl.; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Saba; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Antigua; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; Grenada; Barbados; Aruba; Curacao; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Cauca, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Nariño, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle); Isla Margarita; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil (Piauí, Paraíba, Bahia, Alagoas); WC-Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
22 ben bkn gam gha gnb gui ngr tog 24 som ssu sud 25 ken tan uga 26 ang mlw moz zam zim 27 saf 29 igl mci 35 qat 36 chi 40 ind ldv mdv srl 41 lao tha vie 42 bor jaw lsi mol nwg scs sum 43 sol 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX rgi 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA ARU BAH BBD CAY CUB CUR DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS NAV PUE SAB SBA STE STK STL STM STV TCI VEN VIR 82 CLM SWC VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia atomaria Raf.; Autik. Bot. 40 (1840)
= Boerhavia diandra Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. (N. L. Burman) 3, t. 1, f. 1 (1768) non L.
= Boerhavia discolor Kunth; Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 215 (1817)
= Boerhavia elongata Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 56 (1796)
= Boerhavia erecta f. subepunctata Heimerl; Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 14 (1928)
= Boerhavia erecta var. thornberi (M.E.Jones) Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 381 (1909)
= Boerhavia glutinosa Miers ex Bertero; Mercurio Chileno: 596 (1829), nom. illeg.
= Boerhavia lateriflora Standl.; Contrib. US. Nat. Herb. 13: 426 (1911)
= Boerhavia paniculata var. subacuta Choisy; DC., Prodr. 13(2): 451 (1849)
= Boerhavia punarnava Saha & K.H.Krishnam.; J. Sci. Indust. Res., Biol. Sci. 21: 253 (1962)
= Boerhavia scabrida Steud. & Hochst. ex Steud.; Nom. ed. II. 1: 218 (1840)
= Boerhavia thornberi M.E.Jones; Contr. W. Bot. 12: 72 (1908)
= Boerhavia virgata Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H. B. K.] 2: 215 (1818)
= Senkenbergia erecta (L.) Hook.f.; Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 3: 6 (1880)
species :
Boerhavia fistulosa Fosberg; Brittonia 40(1): 57 (1988)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia fistulosa var. puberuliflora Fosberg; Brittonia 40: 59 (1988)
species :
Boerhavia gardneri Hewson; Fl. Australia 4: 318 (1984)
Distribution: Australia (NW-Western Australia, N-Northern Territory)
50 AUS
species :
Boerhavia glabrata Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 14: 733 (1826)
Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl.; Cocos [Keeling] Isl.; North Keeling Isl.; New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales); Ashmore & Cartier Isl. (Ashmore Reef); New Caledonia; Fiji; Vanuatu; [Western] Samoa (´Upolu, Savai´i); American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu, Olosega, Ta´u); Gilbert Isl. (Tarawa, Abemama, Tabiteau, Onotoa); N-Line Isl. (Kiritimati); S-Line Isl. (Caroline Atoll, Kiritimati, Vostok Isl.); Cook Isl. (Rarotonga, Mangaia, Ngaputoru Group); Marquesas Isl. (Mohotani); Society Isl. (Tahiti, Huahine, Moorea, Raiatea, Bora Bora, Tupai, Maupiti, Mehetia); Marcus Isl. [Minami-Torishima]; Palau (Peleliu, Ulithi, Gaferut?); Northern Marianas (Saipan, Tinian, Rota); Guam; Marshall Isl. (Bikar, Enewetok, Bikini, Rongerik, Taka, Utirik, Ailuk, Likiep, Jaluit); Wake Isl.; Hawaii (Kure Isl., Midway Isl., Pearl and Hermes Reef, Johnston Atoll, Lisianski Isl., Lanai, French Frigate Shoals, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe Isl., Hawaii Isl.); Mexico [I]
42 CKI LSI NWG 50 ASH AUS 60 ASA FIJ GIL NWC SAM VAN 61 COO LIN MRQ SCI 62 GUM MCU MRN MRS PLU WAK 63 HAW 79 mex
Remarks: Boerhavia diffusa auct. nect L. In the Pacific probably a Polynesian introduction.
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia acutifolia (Choisy) J.W.Moore; Occas. Papers Bishop Mus., Honolulu 10: No. 19, 6 (1934)
= Boerhavia diffusa f. acutifolia (Choisy) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 92 (1926)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. acutifolia Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 453 (1849)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. mutabilis (R.Br.) Heimerl; Jahresber. K. K. Staats-Ober-Realschule Steyr 23: 27 (1897)
= Boerhavia mutabilis R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland 422 (1810)
= Boerhavia pubescens R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland 1: 422 (1810)
= Boerhavia repens var. pubescens (R.Br.) Fosberg; Smiths. Contr. Bot. 39: 6, 10 (1978)
species :
Boerhavia gracillima Heimerl; Engl. & Prantl, Naturl, Pflanzenfam. 3: lb. (1889) 26, et Bot. Jahrb. 11: 86 (1890)
Name: Slimstalk spiderling
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia gracillima subsp. decalvata Heimerl; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 386 (1909)
= Boerhavia organensis Standl.; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 385 (1909)
species :
Boerhavia graminicola Berhaut; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 100: 50 (1953)
Distribution: Senegal; Mali; Chad
22 MLI SEN 24 CHA
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Boerhavia herbstii Fosberg; Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 39: 17 (1978)
Distribution: Hawaii (Pearl and Hermes Reef, Lisianski Isl., Oahu, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe Isl., Hawaii Isl.)
63 HAW
species :
Boerhavia hereroensis Heimerl; Bot. Jahrb. 10: 9 (1889), et Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam 3: 1b. 26 (1889)
Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
27 NAM SAF
species :
Boerhavia hitchcockii Standl.; N. Am. Fl. 21: 206 (1918)
Distribution: Mexico (Puebla)
79 MEX
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Boerhavia hualienensis Shih H.Chen & M.J.Wu; Taiwania 52(4): 337 (2007)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
species :
Boerhavia linearifolia A.Gray; Amer. J. Sci. Ser. II. 15: 322 (1853)
Name: Narrowleaf spiderling
Distribution: USA (New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Veracruz)
77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia lindheimeri Standl.; Britton et al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 21: 208 (1918)
= Boerhavia linearifolia subsp. glandulosa Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 387 (1909)
= Boerhavia linearifolia var. glabrata A.Gray; Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 15: 322 (1853)
= Boerhavia tenuifolia A.Gray ex J.M.Coult.; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 2: 355 (1894)
species :
Boerhavia maculata Standl.; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 379 (1909)
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora)
79 MEX
species :
Boerhavia megaptera Standl.; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 379 (1909)
Name: Tucson Mountain spiderling
Distribution: USA (Arizona)
76 USA
species :
Boerhavia orbicularifolia Struwig; S. African J. Bot. 86: 130 (2013)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Boerhavia paludosa (Domin) Meikle; Fl. Australia 4: 319 (1984)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia diffusa var. paludosa Domin; Biblioth Bot. 89: 92, t. 21, figs 6-7 (1926)
species :
Boerhavia periplocifolia Comm. ex Vahl; Enum. Pl. 1: 290 (1804)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Boerhavia plicata Bojer; Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. île Maurice 2: 43 (1831), nom. illeg., et Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 18: 188 (1842)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Boerhavia pterocarpa S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 376 (1881 publ. 1882)
Name: Apache Pass spiderling
Distribution: USA (Arizona); Mexico (Sonora)
76 USA 79 MEX
species :
Boerhavia pulchella Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 88 (1874)
Distribution: Argentina (Cordoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, Rio Negro, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, San Luis)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Oxybaphus cretaceus Chodat & Wilcz.; Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. 2: 538
species :
Boerhavia purpurascens A.Gray; Amer. J. Sci. Ser. II. 15: 321 (1853)
Name: Purple spiderling
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico); Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
species :
Boerhavia repens L.; Sp. Pl.: 3. (1753)
subspecies :
subsp. repens
Distribution: Morocco; Algeria (incl. Hoggar); Libya; Egypt (Desert Oases, Nile Valley); Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Santa Luzia Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago); Mauritania; Senegal; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Niger; Nigeria; Central African Republic; Rwanda; Chad (incl. Tibesti); Sudan; ?Ethiopia; Somalia; ?Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, N-Cape Prov.); Madagascar; Comores; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] (Ile Europa); Seychelles [I]; Chagos Arch. (Diego Garcia); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, Asir); Yemen (N-Yemen, S-Yemen, Tihama)
20 ALG EGY LBY MOR 21 CVI 22 BKN GUI MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN 23 CAF RWA 24 CHA SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 29 CGS COM MCI MDG sey 35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia angustifolia Span.; Linnaea 15: 342 (1841)
= Boerhavia ascendens Schum.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. 17 (1827)
= Boerhavia bicolor Ehrenb. ex Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinf.] 168, 169 (1867)
= Boerhavia cortensis Ehrenb. ex Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. [Schweinf.] 168 (1867)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. gymnocarpa Heimerl
= Boerhavia diffusa var. minor (Delile) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXI (1969)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. pseudotetrandra Heimerl
= Boerhavia diffusa var. vulvariifolia (Poir.) Heimerl; Beitr. Syst. Nyctag.: 26 (1897)
= Boerhavia eglandulosa Ehrenb. ex Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 169 (1867)
= Boerhavia hirsuta Willd.; Phytographia 1 (1794) non L.
= Boerhavia insularis Bojer; Hortus Maurit.: 264 (1837), nom. inval., et Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 18: 188 (1842)
= Boerhavia maroccana Ball; J. Bot. (London) 13: 176 (1875)
= Boerhavia minutiflora Span.; Linnaea 15: 342 (1841)
= Boerhavia periplocifolia Sieber ex Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 453 (1849)
= Boerhavia repens var. amphilahensis A.Terracc.; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 101 (1894)
= Boerhavia repens var. glabra Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 453 (1849)
= Boerhavia repens var. minor Delile; Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 1, t. 3 (1813)
= Boerhavia repens var. undulata (Ehrenb.) Asch. & Schweinf.; Illustr. Fl., Egypt: 136 (1887)
= Boerhavia rupestris Ehrenb. ex Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 169 (1867)
= Boerhavia sessiliflora Steud.; Nom. ed. II. 1: 213 (1840)
= Boerhavia suberosa C.Sm.; Tuckey, Narr. Exped. Zaire: 249 (1818)
= Boerhavia sumata Zipp. ex Span.; Linnaea 15: 342 (1841)
= Boerhavia tomentosa Ehrenb. ex Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 168 (1867)
= Boerhavia undulata Ehrenb. ex Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 168 (1867)
= Dantia nubica Lippert ex Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 453 (1849)
variant :
var. maris-indici Fosberg; Kew Bull. 33(3): 398(1979), with type, et Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 39: 9 (1978)
Distribution: Aldabra; Seychelles
29 ALD SEY
subspecies :
subsp. diandra (L.) Maire & Weiller; Maire, Fl. Afrique N. 9: 235 (1962)
Distribution: Italy [I]; Morocco; Algeria; Libya; Egypt; Mauritania; Chad; Sudan; Madagascar
13 ita 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR 22 MTN 24 CHA SUD 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia diandra f. annua Batt. &Trab.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53, Sess. extr.: xxxi (1907)
= Boerhavia diandra L.; Sp. Pl.: 1194 (1753)
= Boerhavia glutinosa Vahl; Enum. Pl. 1: 287 (1804)
= Boerhavia pachypoda Batt. & Trab.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53, Session Extr.: 32 (1907)
= Boerhavia repens var. annua (Batt. &Trab.) Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N.31: 215 (1941)
= Boerhavia repens var. glutinosa (Vahl) Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 31: 215 (1941)
= Boerhavia repens var. mollis Batt. &Trab.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53, sess. extr.: 31 (1907)
= Boerhavia repens var. pachypoda (Batt. &Trab.) Maire &Weiller; Fl. Afrique N. 8: 235 (1962)
= Boerhavia repens var. vulvariifolia (Poir.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. 4: 1045 (1879)
= Boerhavia vulvariifolia Poir.; Lam., Encycl. 5: 55 (1804)
subspecies :
subsp. viscosa (Choisy) Maire; Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 3: 88 (1933)
Distribution: Sicily [I]; Morocco; Algeria; Egypt; Mauritania; Chad (Tibesti); Sinai peninsula
13 sic 20 ALG EGY MOR 22 MTN 24 CHA 34 SIN
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia agglutinans Batt. & Trab.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 247 (1913)
= Boerhavia coccinea var. viscosa (Choisy) Moscoso
= Boerhavia reboudiana Pomel; Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 335 (1875)
= Boerhavia repens var. viscosa Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 453 (1849)
= Boerhavia viscosa Fresen.; Mus. Senckenberg. 1: 75 (1833), nom. illeg.
species :
Boerhavia repleta Hewson; Fl. Australia 4: 319 (1984)
Distribution: Australia (C-Western Australia, C-Northern Territory, WC-Queensland)
50 AUS
species :
Boerhavia schinzii Heimerl; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 31: 222 (1890)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia schinzii f. angustata Heimerl; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 31: 223 (1890)
= Boerhavia schinzii f. villosa Heimerl; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 31: 223 (1890)
species :
Boerhavia schomburgkiana Oliv.; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1225 (1877)
Distribution: Australia (arid Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, ?New South Wales)
50 AUS
species :
Boerhavia somalensis (Chiov.) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 12 (1996)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
Remarks: the transfer to the New World Acleisanthes seems highly unlikely
Synonyms: hidden
= Acleisanthes somalensis (Chiov.) R.A.Levin; Novon 12(1): 62 (2002)
= Commicarpus somalensis (Chiov.) Lebrun & Stork; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris, Sér. 11, Sect. B, Adansonia, 2, 213-215 (1989)
= Selinocarpus somalensis Chiov.; Fl. Somala, 284 (1929)
species :
Boerhavia spicata Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 456 (1849)
Name: Creeping spiderling
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Sinaloa, Sonora); Argentina [I]
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 85 arg
species :
Boerhavia stellata Bojer; Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. île Maurice 2: 43 (1831)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Boerhavia tarapacana Phil.; Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 2: 71 (1892)
Distribution: N-Chile
85 CLE
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Boerhavia tetrandra G.Forst.; Prod. Fl. Ins. Austr. 2. n. 5 (1786)
Distribution: Cocos [Keeling] Isl.; North Keeling Isl.; New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Australia (N-Queensland); Ashmore & Cartier Isl. (Ashmore Reef); Lord Howe Isl.; American Samoa (Rose Atoll); Tuvalu (Nui Atoll); Tokelau (Swains Isl.); Phoenix Isl. (Kanton, Birnie, Enderbury, Phoenix, Orona, Manra, Nikumaroro); Gilbert Isl. (Butaritari, Tarawa, Onotoa); Cook Isl. (Mangaia, Aitutaki, Manuae, Ngaputoru Group, Nakutea, Palmerston, N-Cook Isl.); Society Isl. (Mopelia Atoll, Tetiaroa Atoll, Tupai); Tuamotu Arch. (Makatea Isl., Rangiroa Atoll, Takapoto Atoll, etc.); Austral Isl. (Tubuai, Raivavae, Maria Atoll); Oeno Atoll; Henderson Isl.; Fed. States of Micronesia (Gaferut?); Marshall Isl. (Enewetok, Bikini, Ailinginae, Rongelap, Rongerik, Taka, Utirik, Ujelang, Ujae, Wotho, Lae, Kwajalein, Jemo, Likiep, Aur, Arno, Namorik, Jaluit)
42 CKI NWG 50 ASH AUS LHI 60 ASA GIL PHX TOK TUV 61 AUI COO HEN PIT SCI TUA 62 MIC MRS
Remarks: see also B. albiflora which is sometimes included here
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia diffusa f. ramosa Heimerl; Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 13(4): 30 (1937)
= Boerhavia diffusa var. tetrandra (G.Forst.) Heimerl; Beitr. Syst. Nyctag.: 27 (1897)
species :
Boerhavia torreyana (S.Watson) Standl.; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 385 (1909)
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia spicata var. torreyana S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 70 (1889)
species :
Boerhavia traubae Spellenb.; Madrono 46(4): 208 (1999 publ. 2000)
Distribution: Mexico (Sonora)
79 MEX
species :
Boerhavia triquetra S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 69 (1889)
Name: Slender spiderling
Distribution: USA (Arizona, California); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Sonora)
76 USA 79 MEX
variant :
var. intermedia (M.E.Jones) Spellenb.; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(2): 874 (2007)
Name: Fivewing spiderling
Distribution: USA (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Jalisco, Morelos, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia erecta var. intermedia (M.E.Jones) Kearney & Peebles; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 475 (1939)
= Boerhavia intermedia M.E.Jones; Contrib. Western Bot. 10: 41 (1902)
= Boerhavia universitatis Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 380 (1909)
species :
Boerhavia verbenacea Killip; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 16: 567 (1926)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Boerhavia weberbaueri Heimerl; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 460 (1932)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Boerhavia wrightii A.Gray; Amer. J. Sci. Ser. II. 15: 322 (1853)
Name: Largebract spiderling
Distribution: USA (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
species :
Boerhavia xantii S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 69 (1889)
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia fallax Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 424 (1911)
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