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Aerva javanica (Java aerva)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Aerva javanica (Hindi: बुई), the kapok bush or desert cotton, is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae family. It has a native distribution incorporating much of Africa (including Madagascar), and the south-west and south of Asia.
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Infraspecies

Aerva javanica var. bovei
Celosia lanata var. lanata

Attributes

Structure [1]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mount Kulal Biosphere Reserve 1729738 Kenya  

Predators

Dorcatragus megalotis (beira)[2]
Estrilda rufibarba (Arabian Waxbill)[3]
Uromastyx aegyptia microlepis (spiny tail lizard)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Observations on the behaviour and ecology of a threatened and poorly known dwarf antelope: the beira (Dorcatragus megalotis), Nina Giotto & Alain Laurent & Nabil Mohamed & Nicolas Prevot & Jean-François Gerard, Eur J Wildl Res (2008) 54:539–547
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Notes on the Diet, Survival Rate, and Burrow Specifics of Uromastyx aegyptius microlepis from the United Arab Emirates, Peter L. Cunningham, Asiatic Herpetological Research Vol. 9, pp. 30-33 (2001)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0