Aerva
Encyclopedia
Aerva is a genus of plant
in family Amaranthaceae
.
, Madagascar
and smaller islands (Rodrigues
, Mauritius
, Socotra
).
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae
The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 176 genera and 2,400 species.- Description :Most of these species are herbs or subshrubs; very few are trees or climbers. Some species are succulent....
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Selected species
Compiled from several different lists:- Aerva artemisioides
- Aerva congesta
- Aerva coriacea Schinz
- Aerva humbertii Cavaco
- Aerva javanicaAerva javanicaAerva javanica is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae family. It has a native distribution from Northern Africa to south western regions of Western Asia....
(Burman f.) A. L. Juss. ex Schultes - Aerva lanataAerva lanataAerva lanata is a woody, prostrate or succulent, perennial herb in the Amaranthaceae family of the genus Aerva that sometimes flowers in the first year....
(L.) A. L. Juss. ex Schultes - Aerva leucura Moq.
- Aerva madagassica Suess.
- Aerva microphyllaAerva microphyllaAerva microphylla is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae family. It is endemic to Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:* Miller, A. 2004. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
Moq. - Aerva revolutaAerva revolutaAerva revoluta is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae family. It is endemic to Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:* Miller, A. 2004. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
Balf.f.Isaac Bayley BalfourSir Isaac Bayley Balfour FRS FRSE was a Scottish botanist. He was the son of John Hutton Balfour who was also a botanist.-Biography:... - Aerva sericea Moq. -- island puzzle
- Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume
- Aerva transvaalensis Gand.
- Aerva triangularifolia Cavaco
Distribution
Found in the tropics, mostly in continental AfricaAfrica
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
and smaller islands (Rodrigues
Rodrigues (island)
Rodrigues , sometimes spelled Rodriguez but named after the Portuguese explorer Diogo Rodrigues, is the smallest of the Mascarene Islands and a dependency of Mauritius...
, Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
, Socotra
Socotra
Socotra , also spelt Soqotra, is a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean. The largest island, also called Socotra, is about 95% of the landmass of the archipelago. It lies some east of the Horn of Africa and south of the Arabian Peninsula. The island is very isolated and through...
).