Boerhavia Linnaeus 1753 (spiderling)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Nyctaginaceae according to M. S. Chauhan 1991

Sister taxa: Nyctaginites, Pisonia, Quamoclidion

Subtaxa: Boerhavia diandra Boerhavia diffusa Boerhavia erecta Boerhavia repens Boerhavia scandens

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Type: Boerhavia diffusa

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Lunkaransar Salt Lake ( of India)

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