Aerva
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Aerva javanica (type species)
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
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 National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Aerva at The Plant List
