African Plant Database - Boerhavia diffusa L.

Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 3 (1753)

Statut
MAaccepté (naturalisé)
NAaccepté, NF (présent)
SAaccepté, NF (présent)
TAaccepté, NF (présent)

Ecologie et Distribution :
Afrique Tropicale
Biologie :
Annual or perennial, prostrate, ascending or erect herb to 1 m, sometimes with a thick taproot; stems fleshy, becomming woody towards the base, branching mainly from the base. see more in the book
Ecologie :
Disturbed ground in cultivations, waste places and grassland and along paths and dry stream beds; often on sandy soil; 0- 1800 m alt. Pantropical weed.
Madagascar
Biol./Eco :
Herb; distribution: Naturalised in Madagascar.

Bibliographie8

Bull. Soc. Bot. France 100: 48-51 (1953)

Cat. Pl. Niger 92 (1976)

Cat. Pl. Mali 66 (1986)

Taxon 47: 873 (1998).

Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 1: 37 (1999).

Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:303 (2012)

Pl. Sudan Checklist 282 (2015)

Flore ill. Tchad 358 (2019)

Synonyme(s) Homotypique(s)2
Boerhavia diffusa L. var. diffusa
Boerhavia repens var. diffusa (L.) Hook.f.

Synonyme(s) Hétérotypique(s)4
=Boerhavia adscendens Willd. (1797)
=*Boerhavia africana Lour. (1790)
=Boerhavia paniculata Rich. (1792)
=Commicarpus africanus (Lour.) Dandy (1950)

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