Nothosaerva

Genus of flowering plants

Nothosaerva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Nothosaerva
Wight
Species:
N. brachiata
Binomial name
Nothosaerva brachiata
(L.) Wight
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Pseudanthus Wight 1852, illegitimate homonym, not Pseudanthus Sieber ex A. Spreng. 1827 (Picrodendraceae)
  • Achyranthes brachiata L.
  • Aerva brachiata (L.) Mart.
  • Aerva chenopodiifolia Bojer
  • Amaranthus minutus Lesch. ex Moq.
  • Illecebrum brachiatum (L.) L.
  • Pseudanthus brachiatus (L.) Wight

Nothosaerva is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae containing the single species Nothosaerva brachiata. It is native to India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, and eastern Africa.[3]

This species was first described in 1852 with the name Pseudanthus.[2][4] This turned out to be an illegitimate homonym, so it was renamed Nothosaerva in 1853.[1][5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b The Plant List, Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, Pseudanthus Wight
  3. ^ Flora of Pakistan, Page 32, Nothosaerva brachiata (Linn.) Wight
  4. ^ Wight, Robert, 1852. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 5(2): 3
  5. ^ Wight, Robert. 1853. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 6: page 1 not page 17 as stated in Tropicos
  6. ^ Wight, Robert. 1853. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 6: plate 1776
Taxon identifiers
Nothosaerva
Nothosaerva brachiata


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