Boerhavia coccinea / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas

Classification

Dicots

Family

NYCTAGINACEAE

Genus

Boerhavia

Species

Boerhavia coccinea Mill.

Common Name

SCARLET SPIDERLING

Growth Habit

C Value

Plant Notes

Status

Not Native

** Not applicable or data not available.

Supraordinal

Order

CARYOPHYLLALES

Family

Genus

Species

Boerhavia coccinea Mill. - SCARLET SPIDERLING

BOERHAVIA COCCINEA Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. Boerhavia no. 4. 1768.

Basionym

JAMAICA: Without data, Houston s.n. (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Kellogg, in R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Dicot. 1: 175. 1988.