- Boerhavia
Taxobox
name = "Boerhavia"
image_width = 240px
image_caption = Spiderling ("Boerhavia intermedia")
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Caryophyllales
familia =Nyctaginaceae
genus = "Boerhavia"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = See text"Boerhavia", the spiderlings, is a
genus of about 40species of annual or perennialherbaceous plants in the familyNyctaginaceae . The common name refers to the appearance of a spider or spider's web given by the numerous long, slender and interlocking stems of the inflorescences. Named for H. Boerhaave, Dutch botanist.They are native to mostly warm tropical areas.
;Selected species
*"Boerhavia anisophylla " Torr. -- wineflower
*"Boerhavia coccinea " P. Mill. -- scarlet spiderling
*"Boerhavia coulteri " (Hook. f.) S. Wats. -- Coulter spiderling, Coulter's spiderling
*"Boerhavia diffusa " L. -- red spiderling
*"Boerhavia erecta " L. -- erect spiderling
*"Boerhavia gracillima " Heimerl -- slim-stalk spiderling, slimstalk spiderling
*"Boerhavia herbstii " Fosberg -- alena
*"Boerhavia intermedia " M.E. Jones -- five-wing spiderling, fivewing spiderling, Jone's boerhavia
*"Boerhavia linearifolia " Gray -- narrowleaf spiderling
*"Boerhavia mathisiana " F.B. Jones -- Mathis' spiderling
*"Boerhavia megaptera " Standl. -- annual spiderling, Tucson Mountain spiderling
*"Boerhavia pterocarpa " S. Wats. -- Apache Pass spiderling
*"Boerhavia purpurascens " Gray -- purple spiderling
*"Boerhavia repens " L. --
*"Boerhavia scandens " L. -- climbing spiderling, climbing wartclub, wishbone vine
*"Boerhavia spicata " Choisy -- creeping spiderling
*"Boerhavia triquetra " S. Wats. -- slender spiderling
*"Boerhavia wrightii " Gray -- Wright's boerhaviaCultivation and uses
Several species of "Boerhavia" are important weeds in agricultural and horticultural settings.
References and external links
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=104164 Flora of North America: "Boerhavia"]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5194,5215 Jepson Manual Treatment]
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