Aerva is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. Its species are native to the palaeotropics, throughout continental Africa, Madagascar and smaller islands (Mauritius and Socotra), through parts of the Middle East, India, and southeast Asia. Aerva javanica is an alien in northern Australia.

At least four species in the genus have acquired the carbon fixation pathway.

Species

Six species are accepted.

• Aerva javanica – northern and eastern Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula and west Asia, Indian subcontinent, and Myanmar

• Aerva madagassica – Madagascar

• Aerva radicans – India

• Aerva sericea – Hawaiian Islands (extinct)

• Aerva villosa – Mauritius

• Aerva wightii – India

Formerly placed here

• Nothosaerva brachiata (as Aerva brachiata )

• Ouret congesta (as Aerva congesta )

• Ouret lanata (as Aerva lanata )

• Paraerva microphylla (as Aerva microphylla )

• Paraerva revoluta (as Aerva revoluta )

• Wadithamnus artemisioides (as Aerva artemisioides )

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