Biology:Boerhavia elegans
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Boerhavia elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Genus: | Boerhavia |
| Species: | B. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Boerhavia elegans Choisy[1]
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| Subspecies | |
| Synonyms | |
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Boerhavia rubicunda Steud. ex Heimerl | |
Boerhavia elegans is a species of flowering plants in the four o'clock flower family, Nyctaginaceae.
It is one of the species that compose the "tortoise turf", the food source of the Aldabra giant tortoise, of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles.
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q17237321 entry
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