Basella
The genus Basella is the type genus of the plant family Basellaceae. Basella contains five known species. 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. 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.
| Basella | |
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| Basella alba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Basellaceae |
| Genus: | Basella L. |
| Type species | |
| Basella alba | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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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