Aerva

Translingual

Aerva javanica (type species)

Etymology

Named so by Forsskål after unknown model.

Proper noun

Aerva f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – of the Old World tropics.

Synonyms

• Ouret

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Amaranthaceae - family; Amaranthoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (species level): Aerva javanica – type species, Aerva revoluta, Aerva lanata, Aerva microphylla, Aerva sanguinolenta, Aerva leucura; rarer species: Aerva triangularifolia, Aerva madagassica, Aerva humbertii, Aerva glabrata, Aerva coriacea; extinct species: Aerva congesta

References

• Genaust, Helmut (1996) “Aerva”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen (in German), 3^rd edition, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, →ISBN, page 42b

Further reading

• Aerva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aerva on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ouret on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aerva on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Aerva at USDA Plants database
• Aerva at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Aerva at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Aerva at The Plant List