Basella alba L.

BASELLACEAE

- Basella family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Basella alba L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 272. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Ceylon spinach

English name: Ceylon-spinach

English name: Indian-spinach

Spanish name: espinaca de Malabar

French name: brède d'Angola

German name: Malabarspinat

Grown habit: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Basella rubra L.

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Basellaceae
Genus: Basella
Species:

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Basella alba
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Lubiana, Orto Botanico, Dipartimento di Biologia ââ¬â Facoltà di Biotecnica Università degli Studi di Lubiana, Slovenia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Basella alba
Vining habit at Wailuku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Basella alba
Flowers and leaves at Wailuku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Basella alba
Leaves at Wailuku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Basella alba
Flowers fruit and leaves at Wailuku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Basella alba
Fruit and leaves at Wailuku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Basella alba
Fruit at Wailuku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Basella alba
Squashed fruit and juice at Wailuku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Basella alba
Squashed fruit at Wailuku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Basella alba
Flowers at Wailuku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Basella alba
Habit at Wailuku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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- The New Plantfinder - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades / KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
- Lichens - Interactive identification keys to the lichens
- Acta Plantarum - Forum and Image Gallery (Plants, Animals, Mushrooms)

Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (Hawaii), USA+ (Puerto Rico)

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Basella vesicaria Lam. [235]
2) Bassia americana (S. Watson) A.J. Scott [318]
3) Bassia butyracea Roxb. [281]
4) Bassia hirsuta (L.) Asch. [294]
5) Bassia iranica (Bornm.) Bornm. [excluded] [265]
6) Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J. Scott [2015]
7) Bauhinia aculeata L. [265]
8) Bauhinia fassoglensis Kotschy ex Schweinf. [223]
9) Bauhinia monandra Kurz [3618]
10) Bauhinia ungulata L. [excluded] [265]

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