Tuesday, August 27, 2019

5. Aerva lanata (or) Mountain knotgrass:


Author:
Dr. P. Yowan Jeba Raj, M.Sc., B.Ed., Ph.D.
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Aerva lanata (or) Mountain knotgrass:
It is a species of plant in Aerva genus (which having 22 species) in Amaranthaceae family.
1. Plant Photo Pose(s):

2. Systematic & Common Name(s)
Mountain knotgrass
Aerva lanata
(L.), Juss. Ex. Schult
1753
Binomial name

Common name(s)
Tamil name(s)
(in English)
Aerva lanata
1
Mountain knotgrass
fz;gPio
Kanpeezhai

2

rpW fz;gPio
Siru-kanpeezhai
(Synonyms Link)


rpWgPio
Sirupeezhai
3. Scientific Classification:

Mountain knotgrass
Aerva lanata
(L.), Juss. Ex. Schult
1753
Sl. No.
Categories
Description
1.
Empire (or Domain):
Eukaryote
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2.
Kingdom:
Plantae
- plants
3.
Division (or Phylum):
Tracheophyta
- vascular plants
4.
Class:
Magnoliopsida
- dicots
5.
Order:
Caryophyllales
-
6.
Family:
Amaranthaceae
- amaranth family
*
Tribe:
---
-
7.
Genus:
Aerva
- chaff flower
*
Section:
---
-
8.
Species:
lanata
- devil’s horsewhip
*
Binomial name:
Aerva lanata
4. Plant Photo-gallery:

References:
1.         Juss., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., 1808, 11, 131.
3.         Aerva lanata – Wikipedia
3.         Aerva – www.theplantlist.org

4.         P.-C. Kuo, M.-L. Yang, P.-L. Wu, H.-N. Shih, T.N. Thang, N.X. Dung, T.-S. Wu, J. Asian Nat. Prod. Res., 2008, 10(7), 689-693.

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