Boerhavia diffusa

TaxID: 930814

Basic Information

Boerhavia diffusa

Red Spiderling

Boerhavia diffusa is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family which is commonly known as punarnava (meaning that which rejuvenates or renews the body in Ayurveda), red spiderling, spreading hogweed, or tarvine. It is taken in herbal medicine for pain relief and other uses. The leaves of Boerhavia diffusa are often used as a green vegetable in many parts of India.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Caryophyllales

Nyctaginaceae

Boerhavia

diffusa

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Boerhavia diffusa
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(c) jcdelgado@BY-NC
Boerhavia diffusa
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(c) BJ Stacey@BY-NC
Boerhavia diffusa
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(c) Jenn Megyesi@BY-NC
Boerhavia diffusa
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(c) saltyhiker@BY
Boerhavia diffusa
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(c) Fred Melgert / Carla Hoegen@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Mexico Quarantine pests —

Distribution (108 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

108
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Aruba Present —
Angola Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Burundi Present —
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Bahamas Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (20 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
TRM037-12 - trnH-psbA 364 - - -
TCHDC038-20 - rbcLa 512 India 2011-06-07 -
PNG100-18 - matK 796 Mozambique 2015-05-18 -18.97786, 34.35123
PDBA025-11 - matK 661 India 2009-06-17 -
PDBA020-11 - matK 670 India 2009-06-17 -
MXBZI451-10 - rbcLa 552 Mexico 2001-03-14 15.841, -95.976
MKTRT727-12 - rbcLa 552 Canada 2007-07-01 -
GENG851-14 - rbcL 554 India 2014-10-02 21.053, 73.679
GENG1711-16 - rbcL 570 India 2016-04-04 21.3841, 71.4801
GENG1604-16 - rbcL 585 India 2016-02-02 21.615, 70.609
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Literature