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401.0000 Family Basellaceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 44 (1837), nom. cons.
4 genera, 19 spp.
Species listed in database: 19
= Anrederaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 357 (1858)
= Anredereae Pfeiff.; Nomencl. Bot. [Pfeiffer] 1(1): 373 (1872)
= Anrederinae Fenzl; Gen. Pl. [Endlicher] 297 (1837)
= Anrederoideae Moq.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(2): 222, 226 (1849)
= Basellaceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 44 (1837), nom. cons.
= Baselleae Fenzl; Gen. Pl. [Endlicher] 297 (1837)
= Basellineae Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 18: 108 (1942)
= Baselloideae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 44 (1837)
= Boussingaultieae Benth. & Hook.f.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3: 48 (1880)
= Ullucaceae Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 18: 109 (1942)
401.0001 Genus Basella L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 272 (1753)
Distribution: tropics (3 Madagascar)
Species listed in database: 5
= Gandola Rumph. ex L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus], ed. 2: 390 (1762)
species :
Basella alba L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 272 (1753)
Name: Acelga trepadora, Bretana, Libato, Country spinach, Malabar nightshade
Distribution: Greece [I]; Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Santo Antao Isl. [I], Ilha de Sao Nicolau [I], Ilha de Sao Tiago [I]); Guinea; Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso [I]; Ivory Coast; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Annobon Isl. [I]; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad [I]; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Rodrigues [I]; China [I]; Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Pakistan [I]; Nepal; Bhutan; India [c]; Sri Lanka [c]; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. [c]; Nicobar Isl. [c]; Myanmar (Bago, Mandalay); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; South China Sea Isl. [I]; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I] (Bali [I]); Moluccas; Christmas Isl. [Austr.] [I]; New Guinea (Irian Jaya); New Caledonia [I]; Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; Gilbert Isl. [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Moorea [I]); Hawaii [I] (Midway Isl. [I], Oahu [I]); Belize [I]; Honduras [I]; Panama [I]; Bahamas [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (Tortola [I]); Barbuda [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Barbados [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Colombia [I]; Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Ecuador [I]; Peru [I]; Brazil [I]
13 grc 21 cvi 22 BEN bkn GUI IVO NGA SIE TOG 23 ann BIO BUR CAF CMN CON GAB RWA SAO ZAI 24 cha ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM 29 mau reu rod 36 chi 38 nns 40 BAN BHU ind NEP pak srl 41 and CBD LAO MYA ncb THA VIE 42 BOR JAW lsi MLY MOL NWG PHI scs SUL SUM xms 60 fij gil nue nwc 61 coo sci 63 haw 80 blz hon pan 81 aba bah bbd cub his jam pue stl trt vir 82 clm frg guy sur 83 ecu per 84 bra
Synonyms: hidden
= Basella alba var. cordifolia (Lam.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 217 (2003)
= Basella alba var. subcordata Hassk.; Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. [Hasskarl] 82 (1844)
= Basella alba var. subrotunda Moq.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(2): 223 (1849)
= Basella cananifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6961 (1832), nomen
= Basella cordifolia Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 382 (1785)
= Basella crassifolia Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 153 (1796)
= Basella japonica Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 76 (1768)
= Basella lucida L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 966 (1759)
= Basella nigra Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 183 (1790)
= Basella oleracea Alef.; Landw. Fl. 281 (1866), nom. superfl.
= Basella oleracea var. alba (L.) Alef.; Landw. Fl. 281 (1866), nom. superfl.
= Basella oleracea var. cordifolia (Lam.) Alef.; Landw. Fl. 282 (1866), nom. superfl.
= Basella oleracea var. japonica (Burm.f.) Alef.; Landw. Fl. 282 (1866), nom. superfl.
= Basella oleracea var. nigra (Lour.) Alef.; Landw. Fl. 282 (1866), nom. superfl.
= Basella oleracea var. ramosa (J.Jacq. ex Spreng.) Alef.; Landw. Fl. 282 (1866), nom. superfl.
= Basella oleracea var. rubra (L.) Alef.; Landw. Fl. 282 (1866), nom. superfl.
= Basella ramosa J.Jacq. ex Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 950 (1824)
= Basella rubra L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 272 (1753)
= Basella rubra var. virescens Moq.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(2): 223 (1849)
= Basella volubilis Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 153 (1796)
= Gandola nigra (Lour.) Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 60 (1838)
species :
Basella excavata Scott Elliot; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 44 (1893)
Distribution: S-Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Basella excavata f. pubescens H.Perrier; Fl. Madagasc., Fam. 72: 6 (1950)
species :
Basella leandriana H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 54 (1950)
Distribution: C- & E-Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Basella madagascariensis Boivin ex H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 55 (1950)
Distribution: N- & W-Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Basella paniculata Volkens; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 81 (1906)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo)
25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ 27 SAF
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