Nothosaerva

Nothosaerva is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae containing the single species Nothosaerva brachiata. It is native to India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, and eastern Africa.[3]

Nothosaerva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Nothosaerva
Wight
Species:
N. brachiata
Binomial name
Nothosaerva brachiata
(L.) Wight
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Pseudanthus Wight 1852, illegitimate homonym, not Pseudanthus Sieber ex A. Spreng. 1827 (Picrodendraceae)
  • Achyranthes brachiata L.
  • Aerva brachiata (L.) Mart.
  • Aerva chenopodiifolia Bojer
  • Amaranthus minutus Lesch. ex Moq.
  • Illecebrum brachiatum (L.) L.
  • Pseudanthus brachiatus (L.) Wight

This species was first described in 1852 with the name Pseudanthus.[2][4] This turned out to be an illegitimate homonym, so it was renamed Nothosaerva in 1853.[1][5][6]

References
  1. The Plant List, Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight
  2. Tropicos, Pseudanthus Wight
  3. Flora of Pakistan, Page 32, Nothosaerva brachiata (Linn.) Wight
  4. Wight, Robert, 1852. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 5(2): 3
  5. Wight, Robert. 1853. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 6: page 1 not page 17 as stated in Tropicos
  6. Wight, Robert. 1853. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 6: plate 1776


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