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Boerhavia Linn., Sp. Pl. 3. 1753. and Gen. Pl. ed. 5. 119. 1754; Boiss., Fl. Or. 4: 1044. 1879; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 708. 1885; Kashyap, Lab. Dist.Fl. 201. 1936; G. Cufod., Nyctaginaceae in Enum. Plant. Aethiop. Sperm., Bull. du Jard. Bot. Brux. 23, suppl. 76. 1953; Jafri, Fl. Kar. 110. 1966; Zohary, Fl. Palest. 1:71. 1966; Stemmerik in van Steenis, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 6:452. 1966; Hutch., Gen. Flow. Pl. 2: 268. 1967; Chrtek and Krisa in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 115. 1976.
Herbs with opposite leaves, often glandular. Inflorescence capitate or paniculate. Flowers small, sessile or with jointed pedicels, bracteate. Perianth infundibuliform or campanulate, 5-lobed. Stamens 5-1, exserted; filaments connate at the base. Stigma peltate or capitate. Anthocarp clavate, turbinate, fusiform or obovoid, usually 5-ribbed, often glandular.
A genus of c. 40 species, tropical to subtropical, S. Europe and S. United States. Represented in Pakistan by 4-5 species.
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Branches diffuse, straggling to prostrate. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, oblong or subcordate. Flowers sessile or subsessile |
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Branches erect. Leaves lanceolate or elliptic. Flowers with pedicels 2-3 cm long, slender |
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Boerhavia rubicunda |
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Branches slender, opposite and arising 2 per node. Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate or oblong. Stamens 2 |
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Boerhavia diandra |
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Branches alternate, 1 per node. Leaves ovate, oblong to subcordate. Stamens 2-3 |
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Flowers in strict axillary cymes, barely exceeding foliage |
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Boerhavia repens |
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Flowers in diffuse terminal panicles, well exceeding the foliage |
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Anthocarp turbinate to broadly clavate. |
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Boerhavia procumbens |
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Anthocarp fusiform |
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Boerhavia diffusa |
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