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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

402.0000 Family Nyctaginaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 90 (1789), nom. cons.
32 genera, ca. 440 spp. Phylogeny: Douglas & Spellenberg (2010)
Species listed in database: 458; hybrids: 3
= Allioniaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 68 (1834)
= Bougainvilleaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 364 (1858)
= Mirabilidaceae W.R.B.Oliv.; Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 66: 294 (1936)
= Pisoniaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 363 (1858)
402.0605 Genus Commicarpus Standl.; Contrib. USA Natl. Herb. 12: 373 (1909)
Distribution: tropics and subtropics, chiefly arid tropical Northeast Africa and S-Arabia
Species listed in database: 38
species :
Commicarpus adenensis A.G.Mill.; Edinburgh J. Bot. 51(1): 39 (1994)
Distribution: Yemen
35 YEM
species :
Commicarpus altus Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 39(4)-e03115: 2 (2021)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commicarpus ambiguus Meikle; Kew Bull. 38(3): 481 (1983)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Saudi Arabia (Asir); Yemen (N-Inner Yemen)
24 ETH SOM 35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia ambigua (Meikle) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2):11 (1996)
species :
Commicarpus arabicus Meikle; Kew Bull. 32: 474 (1978)
Distribution: ?Saudi Arabia; Yemen (N-Inner Yemen)
35 YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia plumbaginea var. forskalei Schweinf.; (1896)
= Boerhavia arabica (Meikle) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 11 (1996)
species :
Commicarpus australis Meikle; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 36(2): 248 (1978)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia australis (Meikle) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 11 (1996)
species :
Commicarpus boissieri (Heimerl) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot, Bruxelles 23, Suppl.: 79 (1953)
Distribution: Egypt (SE-Egypt); Soqotra; Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir); Oman (Mascat & Oman); Yemen (W-Yemen); Pakistan (Karachi, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Jhelum, Mirpur); India (Andhra Pradesh, Daman, Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachla Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand)
20 EGY 24 SOC 35 OMA SAU YEM 40 IND PAK
Remarks: often included in C. helenae (verticillatus)
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia boissieri Heimerl ex Vierh.; Denkschr. Akad. Wien, Math.-Nat. 71: 346 (1907)
species :
Commicarpus brandegeei (Standl.) Standl.; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 374 (1909)
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Allionia brandegeei Standl.; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 346 (1909)
= Boerhavia brandegeei (Standl.) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 12 (1996)
= Commicarpus brandegeei subsp. glabrior Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 374 (1909)
= Oxybaphus brandegeei (Standl.) Weath.; Proc. Amer. Acad. 49: 492 (1913)
species :
Commicarpus chinensis (L.) Heimerl; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. (ed. 2) 16c: 117 (1934)
Distribution: S-Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); China (Hainan); Pakistan (Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab); India (widespread); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; South China Sea Isl.; peninsular Malaysia (Perlis); Borneo; Java (incl. Madura, Kangean); Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, E-Flores, Timor); Moluccas (Kei Isl.); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
26 MOZ 27 SAF 36 CHI 40 IND LDV PAK 41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG SCS
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia bastica Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Numer. List: no. 6769 (1832)
= Boerhavia chinensis (L.) Asch. & Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 1: 167 (1867), isonym
= Boerhavia chinensis (L.) Druce; Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Isles Rep. 3: 415 (1914), isonym
= Boerhavia chinensis (L.) Rottb.; Pl. Hort. Univ. Rar. Prog.: 4 (1773)
= Boerhavia chinensis subsp. natalensis (Meikle) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 12 (1996)
= Boerhavia repanda Willd.; Sp. Pl. 1(1): 22 (1797)
= Boerhavia umbellata Wight ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India 4: 709 (1885), pro syn.
= Commicarpus chinensis subsp. natalensis Meikle; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 36: 247 (1978)
= Commicarpus repandus (Willd.) Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 101 (1916)
= Valeriana chinensis L.; Sp. Pl. 33 (1753)
species :
Commicarpus coctoris N.A.Harriman; Sida 18(3): 679 (1999)
Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
species :
Commicarpus decipiens Meikle; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 36(2): 246 (1978)
Distribution: Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo)
27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia decipiens (Meikle) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plazzts, 2(1-2): 12 (1996)
species :
Commicarpus fallacissimus (Heimerl) Pohnert; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, Heft 8, 337 (1953)
Distribution: Namibia; Botswana
27 BOT NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia fallacissima Heimerl ex Schinz; Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 31: 223 (1890)
= Boerhavia verticillata var. fallacissimus (Heimerl) Heimerl; Beitr. Syst. Nyctag.: 29 (1897)
species :
Commicarpus grandiflorus (A.Rich.) Standl.; Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 101 (1916)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; N-Chad (Tibesti, Ennedi); Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir); Yemen (N-Inner Yemen, W-Yemen)
23 ZAI 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW 34 SIN 35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia dichotoma G.W.Schimp. ex Oliv.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 142 (1875)
= Boerhavia fruticosa Dalzell; Dalz. & Gibs., Bombay Fl.: 213 (1861)
= Boerhavia grandiflora A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 209 (1850)
= Boerhavia plumbaginea var. grandiflora (A.Rich.) Asch. & Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 166 (1867)
species :
Commicarpus greenwayi Meikle; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 36(2): 247 (1978)
Distribution: S-Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia greenwayi (Meikle) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2):12 (1996)
species :
Commicarpus heimerlii (Vierh.) Meikle; Hookers Icon. Pl. 7(4): 1 (3694), p.2. (1971)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia heimerlii Vierh.; Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 53: 435 (1903)
species :
Commicarpus helenae (Roem. & Schult.) Meikle; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 37: 1, t. 3694 (1971)
Name: St.-Helena-Gummifrucht (DE); Sonorita pegajosa (ES)
Distribution: Morocco; Western Sahara; Algeria; Libya; Egypt (SE-Egypt); Canary Isl. (Fuerteventura); Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl., Ilha Brava); Mauritania; Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Benin; Niger; Central African Republic; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Abd-al-Kuri Isl.; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo); St. Helena; Madagascar; Iran (S-Iran, W-Iran); Israel (Rift Valley, Judean Desert, S-Negev Desert); Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai); Jordania (S-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir); United Arab Emirates; Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen (N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); India (Andhra Pradesh, Daman, Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh)
20 ALG EGY LBY MOR WSA 21 CNY CVI 22 BEN BKN MLI MTN NGR SEN 23 CAF ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOC SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 27 BOT NAM SAF 28 STH 29 MDG 34 IRN ISR JOR SIN 35 OMA SAU UAE YEM 40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia helenae J.A.Schult.; Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 1, Mantissa 1: 73 (1822)
= Boerhavia libyca Pomel; Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 336 (1875)
= Boerhavia stellata Wight; Ic. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3 2: 6, t. 875 (1843) (non Bojer 1842)
= Boerhavia verticillata Poir.; Lam., Encycl. 5: 56 (1804)
= Boerhavia verticillata var. repanda N.Terracc.; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 101 (1894)
= Commicarpus helenae var. barbatus Meikle; Kew Bull. 34: 343 (1979)
= Commicarpus stellatus (Wight) Berhaut; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 100: 51 (1953) (nom. inval.)
= Commicarpus verticillatus (Poir.) Standl.; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 18: 101 (1916)
species :
Commicarpus hiranensis Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 10(4): 403 (1990)
Distribution: E-Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia hiranensis (Thulin) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2):12 (1996)
species :
Commicarpus insularum Meikle; Kew Bull. 34(2): 341 (1979)
Distribution: Australia (coastal Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia heronensis Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 12 (1996), nom. nov.
species :
Commicarpus lantsangensis D.Q.Lu; Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 8(2): 126-128, f. 1 (1988)
Distribution: China (Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet
36 CHI TIB
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia lantsangensis (D.Q.Lu) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 12 (1996)
species :
Commicarpus leleensis Friis & Sebsebe; Kew Bull. 71(3)-34: 13 (2016)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
species :
Commicarpus macrothamnus Friis & O.Weber; Kew Bull. 71(3)-34: 7 (2016)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
species :
Commicarpus mistus Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 10(4): 405 (1990)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; NE-Kenya; Saudi Arabia (Asir); Oman (Mascat & Oman); Yemen (coastal Hadhramaut)
24 DJI ETH SOM 25 KEN 35 OMA SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia mista (Thulin) Govaerts; World Checkl. Seed Pl. 2(1): 12 (1996)
species :
Commicarpus montanus Miré, H.Gillet & Quézel; J. Agric. Trop. & Bot. Appliq. 4: 154 (1957)
Distribution: S-Algeria (Hoggar); S-Libya; Mali (Air Mts., Ennedi); N-Chad (Tibesti); Sudan (Jbel Marra)
20 ALG LBY 22 MLI 24 CHA SUD
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia montana (Miré, H.Gillet & Quézel) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 12 (1996)
= Commicarpus montanus var. obovatus Miré; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 50: 241 (1959)
species :
Commicarpus ogadenensis Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 39(4)-e03115: 4 (2021)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
species :
Commicarpus parviflorus Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 10(4): 408 (1990)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia parviflora (Thulin) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 12 (1996)
species :
Commicarpus pedunculosus (A.Rich.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: Suppl., 79(1953), et Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 39: Suppl., p. 21 (1969)
Distribution: Rwanda; ?Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; ?Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Yemen (N-Inner Yemen)
23 RWA 24 DJI ERI ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 35 YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia pedunculosa A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 210 (1850)
species :
Commicarpus pentandrus (Burch.) Heimerl; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 117 (1934)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
25 TAN 26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia burchellii Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 455 (1849), nom. superfl.
= Boerhavia pentandra Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 1: 432 (1822)
= Boerhavia plumbaginea var. pentandra (Burch.) Heimerl; Beitr. Syst. Nyctag.: 29 (1897)
= Boerhavia transvaalensis Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 221 (1919)
species :
Commicarpus pilosus (Heimerl) Meikle; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 36(2): 249 (1978)
Distribution: S-Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga)
26 ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia pilosa (Heimerl) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 12 (1996)
= Commicarpus fallacissimus f. pilosus Heimerl; Bothalia 3: 233 (1937)
species :
Commicarpus plumbagineus (Cav.) Standl.; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 18: 101 (1916)
Distribution: Spain (Orihuela); Egypt (SE-Egypt); Senegal; Niger; N-Nigeria; Cameroon [I]; Rwanda; ?Burundi; N-Chad (Tibesti, Ennedi); Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] (Juan de Nova Isl.); Iles Glorieuses [I]; Seychelles [I]; Iran (S-Iran); Israel (Rift Valley, Judean Desert, S-Negev Desert); Jordania (S-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Bahrain; Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen)
12 SPA 20 EGY 22 NGA NGR SEN 23 cmn RWA 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 COM igl MCI MDG sey 34 IRN ISR JOR 35 BAR OMA SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia commersonii Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 484 (1885)
= Boerhavia dichotoma Vahl; Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 1: 290 (1804)
= Boerhavia fruticosa Ehrenb. ex Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 167 (1867), nom. illeg.
= Boerhavia plumbaginea Cav.; Icon. 2: 7, tab. 112 (1793)
= Boerhavia plumbaginea var. trichocarpa Heimerl; Bull. Herb. Boissier 5(App. 3): 68 (1897)
= Boerhavia plumbaginea var. viscosa Boiss.; Fl. Orient. 4: 1044 (1879), nom. illeg.
= Boerhavia repanda Kotschy ex Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 454 (1849)
= Boerhavia verticillata Boiss.; Fl. Orient. 4: 1044 (1879), nom. illeg.
= Boerhavia verticillata var. glandulosa Franch.; Sert. Somal.: 62 (1882)
= Boerhavia viscosa Ehrenb. ex Schweinf.; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 167 (1867)
= Commicarpus commersonii (Baill.) Cavaco; Bull. Soc. Bot. France, c. 297 (1953)
= Commicarpus plumbagineus var. obovatus Quézel; Inst. Rech. Sah., Mém. 4: 130 (1958)
= Commicarpus plumbagineus var. trichocarpus (Heimerl) Meikle; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 36(2): 244 (1978)
= Commicarpus verticillatus var. glandulosus (Franch.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXII (1969)
species :
Commicarpus praetermissus N.A.Harriman; Sida 18(3): 681 (1999)
Distribution: Mexico (Michoacan)
79 MEX
species :
Commicarpus ramosissimus Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 10(4): 408 (1990)
Distribution: NE-Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia ramosissima (Thulin) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plazzts, 2(1-2): 12 (1996)
species :
Commicarpus raynalii J.-P.Lebrun & Meikle; Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, 1982 (1-2): 41 (1982)
Distribution: SW-Chad
24 CHA
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia raynalii (J.-P.Lebrun & Meikle) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 12 (1996)
species :
Commicarpus reniformis (Chiov.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: Suppl. 80 (1953), et Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 39: Suppl., p. 21 (1969)
Distribution: ?Djibouti; Somalia; S-Yemen
24 SOM 35 YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia reniformis Chiov.; Fl. Somala, 283 (1929)
species :
Commicarpus scandens (L.) Standl.; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 373 (1909)
Name: Pegapollo, Climbing wartclub; Bejuco de purgacion (Cuba), Toston (Dominican Republic), Zo casse (Haiti), Kwareel, Yerba de cangreu, Yerba di pipa (Lesser Antilles)
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Navassa Isl.; Virgin Isl. (Anegada, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Antigua; Montserrat; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Huila, Magdalena); Venezuela (Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Merida, Sucre, Zulia); Peru
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 80 GUA 81 ABA AGU ARU BAH BON CUB CUR HIS JAM MTS NAV PUE SBA STE STK STM TCI VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia grahamii A.Gray; Amer. J. Sci. Ser. II. 15: 323 (1853)
= Boerhavia sarmentosa Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willd.] 1(1): 21 (1797)
= Boerhavia scandens L.; Sp. Pl. 3 (1753)
species :
Commicarpus simonyi (Heimerl & Vierh.) Meikle; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 7(4): t. 3694, p.2 (1971)
Distribution: Samha Isl.; Soqotra
24 SOC
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia plumbaginea var. socotrana Heimerl; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 71: 346 (1907)
= Boerhavia simonyi Heimerl & Vierh.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 53: 435 (1903)
species :
Commicarpus sinuatus Meikle; Kew Bull. 29: 83, f. 1 (1974)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia (Asir); Yemen (W-Yemen)
24 DJI ETH SOM 34 SIN 35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia plumbaginea var. sinuatolobata Chiov.; L. A. di Savoia-Aosta, Esplor. Uabi-Uebi Scebeli: 447 (1932)
= Boerhavia plumbaginea var. viscosa Asch. & Schweinf.; Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 167 (1867)
= Boerhavia sinuata (Meikle) Greuter & Burdet; Willdenowia 16: 448 (1987)
= Commicarpus africanus var. sinuatolobatus (Chiov.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXI (1969)
= Commicarpus ehrenbergii Täckh. & Boulos; Publ. Cairo Univ. Herb. 5(Nov.): 85 (1974)
= Commicarpus plumbagineus var. viscosa (Asch. & Schweinf.) Robyns; Fl. Spermatophyt. Parc Nat. Albert 1: 141 (1948)
species :
Commicarpus squarrosus Standl.; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 101 (1916)
Distribution: Namibia; Botswana
27 BOT NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia squarrosa Heimerl; Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4: 813 (1896)
= Commicarpus verticillatus var. puberulus Hutch. & E.A.Bruce; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 96 (1941)
variant :
var. fruticosus (Pohnert) Struwig; S. African J. Bot. 84: 63 (2012)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia tsarisbergensis Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 12 (1996), nom. nov.
= Commicarpus fruticosus Pohnert; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, Heft 8, 337 (1953)
species :
Commicarpus stenocarpus (Chiov.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 32: Suppl., 81 (1953), et Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 39: Suppl., p. 21 (1969)
Distribution: NE-Somalia; Iran (S-Iran); Saudi Arabia (Asir); United Arab Emirates; Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen (coastal Hadhramaut); India (Kerala, Maharashtra)
24 SOM 34 IRN 35 OMA SAU UAE YEM 40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia stenocarpa Chiov.; Fl. Somala 283 (1929)
species :
Commicarpus tuberosus (Lam.) Standl.; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 101 (1916)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá); Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU GAL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Boerhavia crassifolia (Heimerl) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 12 (1996)
= Boerhavia excelsa Willd.; Phytographia 1. n. 5
= Boerhavia litoralis Kunth; Nov. Gen. & Sp. II. 216 (1818)
= Boerhavia tuberosa Lam.; Illustr. 1: 10 (1791)
= Commicarpus crassifolius Heimerl; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 461 (1932)
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