Boerhavia elegans
Boerhavia elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 | |
Subspecies | |
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.
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Categories:
- Boerhavia
- Plants described in 1849
- Flora of Seychelles
- Nyctaginaceae
- Caryophyllales stubs