Nothosaerva Wigth, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.

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 : 237

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.626.4.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10249265
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scientific name	Nothosaerva Wigth, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.
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8. Nothosaerva Wigth, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. View in CoL 6: 1. 1853.

Type ( Wigth 1853: 1): — Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight.

8.1 Nothosaerva brachiata View in CoL (L.) Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: 1. 1853 ≡ Achyranthes brachiata L. View in CoL , Mant. Pl.: 50.

1767.

Lectotype (designated by Townsend: 32. 1974, as holotype; corrected by Iamonico & Friis 2017: 1209): — Herb. Linn. No. 290.1 ( LINN!, image of the lectotype available at http://linnean-online.org/2915/

Chorology:― A species native to Tropical and south Africa, Saudi Arabia , the Indian subcontinent to Myanmar, and south-eastern Borneo ( POWO 2023).

Occurrence in Saudi Arabia :― Jazan in Farasan island only (see e.g., Collenette 1999, Atiqur Rahman et al. 2002, Hall et al. 2010). Farasan Al-Kabir (the largest island of Farasan Archipelago) is the only Saudi Arabian locality where Nothosaerva brachiata occurs and it is assessed by Hall et al. (2010: 197) as a threatened species based on IPAs criteria. The species deserves monitoring and actions for its conservation.

Specimina visa selecta:— SAUDI ARABIA . Farasan island , 18 july 1996 [sub “1417” which is the year of Hijri calendar], Basehi 3175 ( KFU) ; ibidem, Basehi 3174 ( KFU) .