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| Family : NYCTAGINACEAE |
| Protologue : Gard. Dict. ed. VIII.: Boerhavia no. 4 (1768) |
| Information on the genus : Boerhavia |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Boerhavia bracteata T.Cooke (1909) |
| Boerhavia coccinea Mill. var. coccinea (1768) |
| Boerhavia diffusa var. hirsuta Heimerl (1897) |
| Boerhavia marlothii Heimerl (1889) |
| Boerhavia caribaea Jacq. (1771) |
| Boerhavia coccinea var. viscosa (Lag. & Rodr.) Moscoso (1943) |
| Boerhavia hirsuta Jacq. |
| Boerhavia repens var. viscosa Choisy (1849) |
| Boerhavia repens subsp. viscosa (Choisy) Maire (1933) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Boerhavia diffusa var. viscosa (Lag. & Rodr.) Heimerl (1897) |
| =*Boerhavia coccinea var. a auct. sensu Meikle in F.W.T.A. (1954) |
| =Boerhavia agglutinans Batt. & Trab. (1913) |
| =Boerhavia coccinea auct. |
| =Boerhavia reboudiana Pomel (1875) |
| =Boerhavia viscosa auct. |
| =*Boerhavia repens var. diffusa auct. sensu Baker & C.H.Wright in F.T.A. (1909) p.p., excl. syn. |
| =Boerhavia viscosa Lag. & Rodr. (1801) (1801) |
| =*Boerhavia viscosa Jacq. (1804), non Lag. & Rodr. |
| =*Boerhavia diffusa var. viscosa (Choisy) Cufod. |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Boerhavia coccinea Mill. var. coccinea (1768) |
| Boerhavia coccinea var. pubescens (Choisy) Cufod. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Annual (or perennial), prostrate, ascending or erect herb to 1 m long, sometimes with a thick taproot; stems fleshy, woody towards the base. |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Disturbed, rocky and sandy ground in open bushland, cultivation edges, waste places, roadsides, sea shore, dry river beds, lava flows; 0-1600 m alt. |
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Highly variable, intermediate between B. repens and B. diffusa; |
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Pantropical |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Fgui |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°175380 modified 2007-04-16 |
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