''Aerva'' is a genus of

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s in the family

Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...

. Its species are native to the palaeotropics, throughout continental

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and smaller islands (

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), through parts of the Middle East, India, and southeast Asia. ''Aerva javanica'' is an alien in northern Australia. At least four species in the genus have acquired the carbon fixation pathway.

Selected species

List of species within the genus ''sensu'' Thiv ''et al.'' (2006) & Hammer ''et al.'' (2017): * '' Aerva congesta'' Balf. f. * ''

Aerva coriacea ''Aerva'' is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. Its species are native to the palaeotropics, throughout continental Africa, Madagascar and smaller islands (Rodrigues, Mauritius, Socotra), through parts of the Middle East, India, and s ...

'' Schinz * ''

Aerva glabrata ''Aerva'' is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. Its species are native to the palaeotropics, throughout continental Africa, Madagascar and smaller islands (Rodrigues, Mauritius, Socotra), through parts of the Middle East, India, and s ...

'' Hook. f. * ''

Aerva humbertii ''Aerva'' is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. Its species are native to the palaeotropics, throughout continental Africa, Madagascar and smaller islands (Rodrigues, Mauritius, Socotra), through parts of the Middle East, India, and s ...

'' Cavaco * ''

Aerva javanica ''Aerva javanica'', the kapok bush or desert cotton, is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It has a native distribution incorporating much of Africa (including Madagascar), and the south-west and south of Asia, and it has become adve ...

'' (Burm.f.) Schult. * ''

Aerva lanata ''Aerva lanata'', the mountain knotgrass, is a woody, prostrate or succulent, perennial herb in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Asia, Africa. It has been included as occurring in Australia by the US government, but it is not recognised as ...

'' (L.) Juss. ex Schult. * ''

Aerva leucura ''Aerva'' is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. Its species are native to the palaeotropics, throughout continental Africa, Madagascar and smaller islands (Rodrigues, Mauritius, Socotra), through parts of the Middle East, India, and s ...

'' Moq. * '' Aerva microphylla'' Moq. * '' Aerva revoluta''

Balf.f. Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow from 1879 to 1885, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxf ...

* ''

Aerva sanguinolenta ''Aerva'' is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. Its species are native to the palaeotropics, throughout continental Africa, Madagascar and smaller islands (Rodrigues, Mauritius, Socotra), through parts of the Middle East, India, and s ...

'' (L.) Blume * '' Aerva triangularifolia'' Cavaco

Taxa in synonymy

* '' Aerva artemisioides'' Vierh. & O.Schwartz ≡ '' Wadithamnus artemisioides'' (Vierh. & O.Schwartz) T.Hammer & R.W.Davis

References

External links

* * Amaranthaceae genera Taxa named by Peter Forsskål Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Amaranthaceae-stub