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    Species Accepted

    Basella alba L.

    Ceylon spinach
    EukaryotaPlantae...Basella

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 20 countries or islands

      20 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      AustraliaNo
      Burkina FasoNo
      BrazilNo
      CubaNo
      French GuianaNo
      Equatorial GuineaNo
      GreeceNo
      GuatemalaNo
      GuyanaNo
      JapanYes
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      52 results
      Acelga trepadora
      Alugbati Tagalog
      Baltoji bazelė Lithuanian
      Bretana
      Ceylon spinach English
      Ceylon-spinach English
      Country spinach
      Espinaca China Spanish
      Indian-spinach English
      Libato

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      4 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      21 results
      Saubhik Das. (2025). Phytotaxa 731(1): 83 (2025).
      Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
      Yonekura, K., & Kajita, T. (2003). BG Plants Wamei-Gakumei Index. (http://ylist.info/index.html)
      Lam. Encycl.
      L. (1753). Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 272 (1753).
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Suomen Lajitietokeskus. https://laji.fi
      Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 183 (1790).
      Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List.
      Alef. Landw. Fl. 281 (1866), nom. superfl.

      Citation

      Basella alba L. in undefined