Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Juss.,

Hassan, Walaa A., Al-Shaye, Najla A. & Iamonico, Duilio, 2023, A critical inventory of the family Amaranthaceae s. str. in Saudi Arabia, Phytotaxa 626 (4), pp. 223-246 : 229-230

2.2. Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 2: 131. 1803 var. javanica

≡ Iresine javanica Burm.f. , Fl. Indica: 212. 1768 ≡ Illecebrum javanicum (Burm.f.) L., Syst. Veg., ed. 13: 206. 1774.

Lectotype (designated by Iamonico & Friis 2017: 1210): — [icon] “Iresine javanica” in Burman (1768: t. 65, fig. 2; image of the lectotype available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1498&Pagina=286).

= Aerva tomentosa Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: CXXII, No. 584; LXXVII, No. 538; 170. 1775.

Lectotype (designated by Townsend 1985: 84): Egypt, Cairo [more likely Yemen], Forsskål 918 (C10001593!, image of the lectotype available at https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.c10001593).

Chorology:― Native to north, central, and eastern Africa and south/south-western Asia ( POWO 2023).

Occurrence in Saudi Arabia :― Al-Bahah ( Miller & Cope 1996), Al-Madinah ( Miller & Cope 1996), Riyadh ( Miller & Cope 1996, Collenette 1999), ʿAsīr ( Miller & Cope 1996, Alwadie 2005, Al-Namazi et al. 2022), Haʼil ( Miller & Cope 1996), Jazan ( Miller & Cope 1996), Makkah ( Miller & Cope 1996, Al-Eisawi & Al-Ruzayza 2015), Tabuk ( Miller & Cope 1996).

Specimina visa selecta:— SAUDI ARABIA. Haʼil, 11 may 2012, s.c. KSUF596 (PNUH!) ; Haʼil, 24 september 2009, leg. Alshahry 1979 det. Alshaye & Thomas (PNUH!) ; Jazan, Wadi deli, between Abha and Al-Darb, 20 september 1999, Miyazaki 990920WD I 14 (E00634635!) ; Makkah, On the Christian by-pass, near the junction with the mecca road, 22 january 1980, Collenette 1582 (E00687221!), About half way down escarpment Taif-Jeddah road, 17 january 1980, Collenette 1560 (E00687222!), About 200 m north of wet marshy area in front of old king’s palace, ca 89 km north of Taif , 04 may 1978, Huumbles 10162 (E00687223!) ; Riyadh, Bei salbukh NW von Riyadh, 26 march 1981, Frey et al. VO 6425 (E00313247!) .