- Boerhaave, a
Dutch botanist, and the
genus name is
frequently misspelled "
Boerhaavia".
Common names include spiderlings and hogweeds.
There are over 100 species...
- "An in
vitro study on
antiproliferative and
antiestrogenic effects of
Boerhaavia diffusa L. extracts".
Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 126 (2): 221–225....
- L. (1982). "Floral
development of
Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd.,
Boerhaavia diffusa L. and
Mirabilis jalapa L. (Nyctaginaceae)".
Botanical Journal...
- "An in
vitro study on
antiproliferative and
antiestrogenic effects of
Boerhaavia diffusa L. extracts".
Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 126 (2): 221–225....
- In
India it was
recorded feeding on
Boerhaavia repens from
India and Sri
Lanka (Fletcher 1909, 1921) and
Boerhaavia diffusa from
Hawaii (Zimmerman 1958)...
-
Indian medicinal plants for
their chemical properties.
Among those were
Boerhaavia diffusa, from
which he
isolated the
alkaloid punarnavine, and Sida cordifolia...
-
Larvae have been
recorded on Amaranthus, Proboscidea,
Bougainvillea and
Boerhaavia erecta,
Pisonia aculeata and
Mirabilis jalapa.
Disclisioprocta stellata...
- host
plants used by the
variegated fritillary: Five-wing spiderling,
Boerhaavia intermedia Arizona swallow-wort,
Melastoma arizoni**** Babyslippers, Hybanthus...
- from
Dunford and
Barbara 2008):
Phyllanthus latifolius (Euphorbiaceae),
Boerhaavia diffusa (Nyctaginaceae),
Morongia leptoclada (Mimosaceae),
Carya sp. (Juglandaceae)...
