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Taxon:
Boerhavia diffusa
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Boerhavia
Family:
Nyctaginaceae
Tribe:
Nyctagineae
Nomen number:
400189
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:3. 1753, nom. cons.
Comment:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (
Shenzhen ICN
14.9 & App. IV)
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
03/12/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al.
1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Arechavaleta, M. et al., eds.
2005. Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
URL:
http://www.azoresbioportal.angra.uac.pt/files/noticias_Check_List_Cabo_Verde.pdf
Aubréville, A. et al., eds.
1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
Balick, M. J. et al.
2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Bosser, J. M. et al., eds.
1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
Boulos, L.
1999-. Flora of Egypt
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Brummitt, R. K.
2000. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 49. Taxon 49:276-277.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Note:
conservation proposal recommended
Burger, W. C., ed.
1971-. Flora costaricensis.
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
El-Hadidi, M. N. & M. S. Abdallah.
1980-. Flora of Egypt.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds.
1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
URL:
http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/flover.htm
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed.
1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hansen, A. & P. Sunding.
1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Holm, L. et al.
1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York. 111.
Howard, R.
1988. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 4:177.
Note:
rejects lectotypification by Fosberg (1978)
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds.
1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier).
1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
Liogier, H. A.
1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
Liogier, H. A.
1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope.
1996-. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Proctor, G. R.
1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XI.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds.
1970-. Flora of Thailand.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds.
2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Thulin, M., ed.
1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Wheeler, G. E.
1997. Evaluation of livol as a feed ingredient for optimizing liver function and growth in veal calves. Indian J. Indig. Med. 10:27-30.
Whitehouse, C.
1998. (1375) Proposal to conserve the name
Boerhavia diffusa
(Nyctaginaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 47:873-874.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds.
1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
English
red spiderling –
Reference(s)
spreading hogweed –
Reference(s)
tarvine –
Reference(s)
French (French Guiana)
ipecacuanha de Cayenne –
Reference(s)
India
punarnava –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
agarra-pinto –
Reference(s)
amarra-pinto –
Reference(s)
celidônia –
Reference(s)
pega-pinto –
Reference(s)
Spanish
hierba de cabro –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
huang xi xin –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Yemen
Socotra
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Eswatini
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Eastern Cape
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Gauteng
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Limpopo
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Mpumalanga
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Northern Cape
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Liberia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Rwanda
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Oman
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Saudi Arabia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
United Arab Emirates
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Fujian Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guizhou Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hainan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Sichuan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
s.
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Northern America
Mexico
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Georgia
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
South Carolina
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
New Caledonia
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Anguilla
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Bahamas
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cayman Islands
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Grenada
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Haiti
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Montserrat
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Netherlands Antilles
Saba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Vincent and Grenadines
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Virgin Islands, U.S.
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Virgin Islands (British)
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Chile
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Paraguay
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Uruguay
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
4
Naturalized
widely natzd.
6
Other
exact native range obscure
Native
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Somalia
,
Yemen
[Socotra]
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana
,
Liberia
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
,
Sierra Leone
,
Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Namibia
,
Eswatini
,
South Africa
[KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
United Arab Emirates
,
Oman
,
Saudi Arabia
,
Yemen
CHINA:
China
[Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
[Ryukyu Islands],
Taiwan
(s.)
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Nepal
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida, Georgia, South Carolina]
REGION:
Mexico
Pacific
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
New Caledonia
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla
,
Netherlands Antilles
[Saba],
Bahamas
,
Cuba
,
Cayman Islands
,
Dominica
,
Dominican Republic
,
Grenada
,
Haiti
,
Jamaica
,
St. Lucia
,
Montserrat
,
United States
[Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.],
St. Vincent and Grenadines
,
Virgin Islands (British)
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
,
Chile
,
Paraguay
,
Uruguay
Naturalized
(widely natzd.)
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
fodder
included in "Livol" which promotes growth in calves fide Pashudhan 12(2):4. 1997
Wheeler, G. E.
1997. Evaluation of livol as a feed ingredient for optimizing liver function and growth in veal calves. Indian J. Indig. Med. 10:27-30.
Harmful organism host
crop diseases
for eggplant fide WorldWeeds 111. 1997
Holm, L. et al.
1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York. 111.
Medicines
folklore
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed
potential seed contaminant
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Name
References