Aerva
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Through Plant, Africa and C4 carbon fixation
At least four species in the genus have acquired the C4 carbon fixation pathway.
Species
Six species are accepted.
- Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Juss. ex Schult. – northern and eastern Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula and west Asia, Indian subcontinent, and Myanmar
- Aerva madagassica Suess. – Madagascar
- Aerva radicans Mart. – India
- Aerva sericea Moq. – Hawaiian Islands (extinct)
- Aerva villosa Moq. – Mauritius
- Aerva wightii Hook.f. – India
Formerly placed here
- Ouret lanata (L.) Kuntze (as Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult.)
- Paraerva microphylla (as Aerva microphylla Moq.)
- Paraerva revoluta (as Aerva revoluta Balf.f.)
- Wadithamnus artemisioides (Vierh. & O.Schwartz) T.Hammer & R.W.Davis (as Aerva artemisioides Vierh. & O.Schwartz)
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