Basella excavata (also called Excavated Basella, among many other common names) is a species of flowering plant in the family Basellaceae. It is an annual herb with a maximum height of about 1 m.

Basella excavata is distinguished from the closely related B. leandriana and B. madagascaniensis by its small flowers and fruits. It is incompletely known, like the other Madagascan species of Basella.

Basella excavata Scott Elliot in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-02-14.

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The genus Basella is the type genus of the plant family Basellaceae. Basella contains five known species. [2] Three species are endemic to Madagascar, and one is endemic to southeastern Africa. The fifth is widespread across Southeast Asia, the …

wfo-0000823209 Basella excavata Scott Elliot J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 44 (1891) This name is reported by Basellaceae as an accepted name in the genus Basella (family Basellaceae ).

Classification and research data for Basella excavata, a species of eudicot in the family Basellaceae..

52819 2 130973 Basella excavata Elliot Fl. Madag., vol. 72 (Basellacées): p. 3 (1950) [D. Godot de Mauroy] search images: Google images IPNI (International Plant Names Index) WFO (World Flora Online) POWO (Plants of the World online) GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) version 2024.5 / made 2024.06.06 / Ubuntu 20.04 ...

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it. First published in Fl. Madagasc. 72: 6 (1950) This name is a synonym of Basella excavata. Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Basella excavata.]

This name is a synonym of Basella excavata Scott Elliot by Basellaceae. The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2022-04-20) which reports it as a synonym of Basella excavata Scott Elliot