Aerva
Aerva is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. Its species are native to the palaeotropics, throughout continental Africa, Madagascar and smaller islands, through parts of the Middle East, India, and southeast Asia. Aerva javanica Schult. is an alien in northern Australia.
At least four species in the genus have acquired the carbon fixation pathway.Selected species
List of species within the genus sensu Thiv et al. & Hammer et al. :
- Aerva congesta Balf. f.
- Aerva coriacea Schinz
- Aerva glabrata Hook. f.
- Aerva humbertii Cavaco
- Aerva javanica Schult.
- Aerva lanata Juss. ex Schult.
- Aerva leucura Moq.
- Aerva microphylla Moq.
- Aerva revoluta Balf.f.
- Aerva sanguinolenta Blume
- Aerva triangularifolia Cavaco
- Aerva artemisioides Vierh. & O.Schwartz ≡ Wadithamnus artemisioides T.Hammer & R.W.Davis