8. Nothosaerva Wigth, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: 1. 1853.

Type (Wigth 1853: 1): — Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight.

8.1 Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: 1. 1853 ≡ Achyranthes brachiata L., Mant. Pl.: 50.

1767.

Lectotype (designated by Townsend: 32. 1974, as holotype; corrected by Iamonico & Friis 2017: 1209): — Herb. Linn. No. 290.1 (LINN!, image of the lectotype available at http://linnean-online.org/2915/

Chorology:― A species native to Tropical and south Africa, Saudi Arabia, the Indian subcontinent to Myanmar, and south-eastern Borneo (POWO 2023).

Occurrence in Saudi Arabia:― Jazan in Farasan island only (see e.g., Collenette 1999, Atiqur Rahman et al. 2002, Hall et al. 2010). Farasan Al-Kabir (the largest island of Farasan Archipelago) is the only Saudi Arabian locality where Nothosaerva brachiata occurs and it is assessed by Hall et al. (2010: 197) as a threatened species based on IPAs criteria. The species deserves monitoring and actions for its conservation.

Specimina visa selecta:— SAUDI ARABIA . Farasan island, 18 july 1996 [sub “1417” which is the year of Hijri calendar], Basehi 3175 (KFU) ; ibidem, Basehi 3174 (KFU) .