- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326857-2
- Publication
- Species Plantarum
- Collation
- 1: 3
- Date of Publication
- 1 Mai 1753
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Nyctaginaceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- Designated Type: B. diffusa L.
- Chosen By
- Hitchc. Nom. Prop. Brit. Bot. 115. 1929 [Aug 1929]
Nomenclatural Notes
Gen. Pl. ed. 5. 4. 1754
Remarks
Type: Standley (in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 375. 1909) cited B. erecta L. as the type, and his selection is rejected as mechanical (see Shenzhen Code Arts. 10.5, 10.6) Eponymy: Generic name honors: Dr. Herman Boerhaave (1668-1739) professor of botany, chemistry, and physicis, in the University of Leyden.
Links
- Same citation as
- Boerhavia L., Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] (1753).