Aerva

Translingual

Aerva javanica (type species)

Etymology

Named so by Forsskål after unknown model.

Proper noun

Aerva f

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – of the Old World tropics.

Synonyms

Ouret

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Amaranthaceae - family; Amaranthoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(species level): Aerva javanica – type species, Aerva revoluta, Aerva lanata, Aerva microphylla, Aerva sanguinolenta, Aerva leucura; rarer species: Aerva triangularifolia, Aerva madagassica, Aerva humbertii, Aerva glabrata, Aerva coriacea; extinct species: Aerva congesta

References

Genaust, Helmut (1996), “Aerva”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen (in German), 3^rd edition, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, →ISBN, page 42b

Further reading

Aerva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aerva on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ouret on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aerva on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Aerva at USDA Plants database
Aerva at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Aerva at Encyclopedia of Life
Aerva at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Aerva at The Plant List

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