Aerva
Translingual
Etymology
Named so by Forsskål after unknown model.
Proper noun
Aerva f
- 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), 3rd 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 Encyclopedia of Life
- Aerva at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Aerva at The Plant List