Nothosaerva is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae containing the single species Nothosaerva brachiata. It is native to India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, and eastern Africa.[3]

Nothosaerva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Nothosaerva
Wight
Species:
N. brachiata
Binomial name
Nothosaerva brachiata
(L.) Wight
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Pseudanthus Wight 1852, illegitimate homonym, not Pseudanthus Sieber ex A. Spreng. 1827 (Picrodendraceae)
  • Achyranthes brachiata L.
  • Aerva brachiata (L.) Mart.
  • Aerva chenopodiifolia Bojer
  • Amaranthus minutus Lesch. ex Moq.
  • Illecebrum brachiatum (L.) L.
  • Pseudanthus brachiatus (L.) Wight

This species was first described in 1852 with the name Pseudanthus.[2][4] This turned out to be an illegitimate homonym, so it was renamed Nothosaerva in 1853.[1][5][6]

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