Boerhavia erecta Linnaeus (1753a: 3)

Sandoval-Ortega, Manuel Higinio & Sánchez-Escalante, José Jesús, 2022, The family Nyctaginaceae (Caryophyllales) in Sonora, Mexico, Phytotaxa 575 (1), pp. 35-56 : 43

4.4. Boerhavia erecta Linnaeus (1753a: 3) .

Neotype (designated by Fawcett & Rendle 1914: 148):― MEXICO. LINN No. 9.1 [image!] image available at https://linnean-online. org/28/#?s=0&cv=0).

Distribution in Mexico:― Boerhavia erecta is reported from Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Ciudad de México, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Estado de México, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán and Zacatecas ( Sandoval-Ortega et al. 2020). In Sonora it is distributed in Chihuahan Desert, Pacific Lowlands and Sonoran biogeographic provinces ( Fig. 4B ), and has been collected in Agua Prieta, Bacoachi, Benjamín Hill, Guaymas, Huatabampo, Hermosillo, Imuris, Moctezuma, Pitiquito, Sahuaripa, Santa Cruz and Yécora municipalities, including insular territory (Isla Almagre Grande, Isla Chaperona, Islas Mellizas, Isla San Esteban and Isla Tiburón), in xerophytic scrub, subtropical deciduous forest, Oak-Juniperus forest and desert grasslands, at 10–1800 m a.s.l.

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FIGURE 4. Distribution of the Nyctaginaceae genera in the State of Sonora. A: genera Abronia, Allionia, Acleisanthes, Okenia, and Pisonia; B: genus Boerhavia; C: genus Mirabilis; D: genera Boldoa, Commicarpus, Cyphomeris, and Salpianthus.