Boerhavia Linnaeus 1753 (spiderling)
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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
Type: Boerhavia diffusa
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Lunkaransar Salt Lake ( of India)
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