Boerhavia repens. Punarnava. Nyctaginaceae.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Boerhavia repens L.
Engl.: hogweed.
TCM: pu fu huang xi xin.
Bot. syn.:
Boerhavia diffusa subsp. sandwicensis Heimerl,
Boerhavia diffusa var. eurepens Domin,
Boerhavia diffusa var. gymnocarpa Heimerl,
Boerhavia diffusa var. pseudotetrandra Heimerl,
Boerhavia diffusa var. sandwicensis Heimerl,
Boerhavia erecta Elliott
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Pre-Linnaean:
Boerhavia caule repente (Linnaeus Species Plantarum 1753),
Boerhavia nubica minor. (Vaill. sex. 53.) (Linnaeus Species Plantarum 1753),
Boerhavia nubica minima. (Vaill. sex. 55.) (Linnaeus Species Plantarum 1753)
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