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Boerhavia diffusa L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 3 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000567916.

Synonyms of Boerhavia diffusa L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Axia cochinchinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 36 (1790) wfo-0000557442
Boerhavia adscendens Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 1: 19 (1797) wfo-0000567850
Boerhavia caespitosa Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 45: 214 (1906) wfo-0000567883
Boerhavia ciliatobracteata Heimerl Jahresber. Staats-Oberrealsch. Funfhaus Wien 23: 25 (1900) wfo-0000567893
Boerhavia coccinea var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) Standl. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 11: 108 (1931) wfo-0000567895
Boerhavia coccinea var. paniculata (Kuntze) Moscoso Cat. Fl. Domingensis 1: 180 (1943) wfo-0000567896
Boerhavia diffusa var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) C.D.Adams Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 8: 115 (1970) wfo-0000567925
Boerhavia diffusa var. pubescens Choisy Prodr. 13(2): 453 (1849) wfo-0000567929
Boerhavia friesii Heimerl Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 253 (1906) wfo-0000567955
Boerhavia paniculata Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 105. 1792 wfo-0000568022
Boerhavia paniculata f. esetosa Heimerl Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 225. 1913 wfo-0000568024
Boerhavia paniculata var. guaranitica Heimerl Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 252 (1906) wfo-0000568025
Boerhavia paniculata f. leiocarpa Heimerl Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 252. 1906 wfo-0000568026
Boerhavia paniculata var. leiocarpa (Heimerl) Heimerl Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 225 (1913) wfo-0000568028
Boerhavia paniculata f. multiglandulosa Heimerl ex Parodi Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 7: 197 (1930) wfo-0000568029
Boerhavia paniculata var. subacuta Choisy Prodr. 13(2): 451 (1849) wfo-0000568030
Boerhavia repens var. diffusa (L.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 4(pt. 12): 709. 1885 [Aug 1885] wfo-0000568065
Boerhavia xerophila Domin Biblioth. Bot. lxxxix. 92 (1925), in syn. wfo-0000568139
Boerhavia diffusa var. paniculata Kuntze Rev. Gen. 533. 1891. wfo-0001086743
Boerhavia diffusa var. diffusa wfo-0001086753
Boerhavia diffusa var. mutabilis (R.Br.) Heimerl Jahresber. K. K. Staats-Ober-Realschule Steyr 23: 27 (1897) wfo-0001271858