Basella
Appearance
Basella | |
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Basella alba | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Basellaceae |
Genus: | Basella L. |
Type species | |
Basella alba | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Gandola Rumph. ex Raf. |
The genus Basella is the type genus of the plant family Basellaceae. Basella contains five known species.[2] Three species are endemic to Madagascar, and one is endemic to southeastern Africa. The fifth is widespread across Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and New Guinea.[1]
The genus name is derived from the south Indian name Basale which Hendrik Rheede recorded in Malabar as Basella in his Hortus Malabaricus. The name was utilitized by Linnaeus.[3][4]
Species
[edit]- Basella alba L. - Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea; naturalized in Africa, southern China, Central America, and various oceanic islands
- Basella excavata Scott-Elliot - Madagascar
- Basella leandriana H.Perrier - Madagascar
- Basella madagascariensis Boivin ex. H.Perrier - Madagascar
- Basella paniculata Volkens - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Transvaal, Kwazulu-Natal
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Basella L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "Basella". The Plant List. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ Rheede, Hendrik van (1688). Hortus Malabaricus. Vol. 7. p. 45. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ Graham, John (1839). A catalogue of the plants growing in Bombay and its vicinity; spontaneous, cultivated or introduced, as far as they have been ascertained. p. 170.
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