Basella alba L.

  • Filed As

    Basellaceae
    Basella alba L.

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 763, Feb 1915

  • Location

    Philippines. Pampanga. Arayat Luzon.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4403413

    Occurrence ID: 38648696-91e6-49b7-b8d7-797f3c5211ac

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Caryophyllales

  • Family

    Basellaceae

  • All Determinations

    Basella alba L.

BASELLACEAE
BASELLA Linnaeus
BASELLA RUBRA Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 215; ed. 2 (1845) 151;
ed. 3, 1 (1877) 272, í. 74.
Basella lucida Linn.; Blanco op. cit. 216, 151, 273= BASELLA RUBRA Linn.
: The Linnean Basella rubra was correctly interpreted by
Blanco, and apparently also B. lucida Linn., but the latter is not
specifically distinct from the former« The species is widely
distributed in the Philippines in the -settled areas at low -iánd
medium altitudes, but is certainly not a native of the Archi-
pelago; probably of prehistoric introduction. It is very gen-
erally known as libato, but this name is also applied to the moré
recently introduced Anredera scandens 3foq., of American origin.
Illustrative specimen from Araya^^atnpanga Province,
Luzgsi, February, 1915 (Merrill:	No. 763) t
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Calvin R. Sperling 1987
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA
Msiiji i li:	-
SPECIES 1ÌLAHCOANAE NO. TIKI
Base Ha rubra Idaa»j Blanoc
Basella luoida Linn.; Blanco
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