Checklist: Acanthaceae

ACANTHACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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Literature:  
Balkwill, K. & Welman, W.G. (2000) Acanthaceae. In Leistner, O.A. Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera. Strelitzia 10 34-45 
Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2010) Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora of Tropical East Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015) Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6)  
Leistner, O.A. (2005) Seed plants of southern tropical Africa: families and genera SABONET Report No. 26 SABONET, Pretoria 
Vollesen, K. (2009) Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora of Tropical East Africa  
Vollesen, K. (2013) Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5)  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
STAUROGYNE Wall. 
Staurogyne letestuana Benoist CA
Ebermaiera letestuana (Benoist) Benoist
Staurogyne congoensis S.Moore
  
MONOTHECIUM Hochst. 
Monothecium aristatum (Nees) T.Anderson
  
RUNGIA Nees 
  
ANOMACANTHUS R.D.Good 
Anomacanthus congolanus (De Wild. & T.Durand) Brummitt CA
  
DISCHISTOCALYX T.Anderson ex Benth. 
Dischistocalyx hirsutus C.B.Clarke CA
Dischistocalyx angustifolius C.B.Clarke
Dischistocalyx fulvus Lindau ex Bremek.
Dischistocalyx polyneurus C.B.Clarke
Dischistocalyx ruficaulis Bremek.
Dischistocalyx walkeri Benoist
  
STENANDRIOPSIS S.Moore 
  
DINTERACANTHUS C.B.Clarke ex Schinz 
Dinteracanthus diversifolius (S.Moore) E.A.Tripp & I.Darbysh. [NrEnd]
Ruellia diversifolia S.Moore
Dinteracanthus kaokoanus (E.A.Tripp & K.G.Dexter) [NrEnd]
  
MCDADEA E.A.Tripp & I.Darbysh. 
Mcdadea angolensis E.A.Tripp & I.Darbysh. [End] [LR-lc]NA
  
7908.000 ELYTRARIA Michx. 
  
7909.000 NELSONIA R. Br. 
Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng.
Justicia canescens Lam.
Nelsonia campestris sensu Burkill
Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. var. vestita (Roem. & Schult.) E. Hossain
Nelsonia gracilis Vollesen MA
Nelsonia smithii Oerst.
Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. var. smithii (Oerst.) E.Hossain
  
7914.000 THUNBERGIA Retz. 
Thunbergia gossweileri S.Moore
Thunbergia vincoides Benoist.
Thunbergia lancifolia T. Anderson HI
Thunbergia bequaertii De Wild.
Thunbergia cerinthoides Radlk.
Thunbergia friesii Lindau
Thunbergia gentianoides Radlk.
Thunbergia glaberrima Lindau
Thunbergia hockii De Wild.
Thunbergia puberula Lindau
Thunbergia valida S. Moore
  
7925.000 BRILLANTAISIA P. Beauv. 
Brillantaisia lamium (Nees) Benth. LA
Brillantaisia owariensis P.Beauv.
Brillantaisia nitens Lindau
Brillantaisia patula T.Anderson
  
7926.000 HYGROPHILA R.Br. 
Hygrophila abyssinica (Hochst. ex Nees) T.Anderson BE
Hygrophila angolensis (S.Moore) Heine
Hygrophila prunelloides (S. Moore) Heine
Polyechma abyssinicum Nees
Synnema hygrophiloides Lindau
Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine
Barleria auriculata Schumach.
Hygrophila schulli (Buch.-Ham.) M.R. Almeida & S.M. Almeida
Hygrophila spinosa T. Anderson
Hygrophila gossweileri (S.Moore) Heine [End] BE
Hygrophila uliginosa S.Moore MA
Hygrophila acutisepala Burkill
Hygrophila seretii De Wild.
Hygrophila teuszii Lindau
Hygrophila thonneri De Wild.
  
7932.000 PHAULOPSIS Willd. 
  
7934.000 PETALIDIUM Nees 
  
7939.000 DYSCHORISTE Nees 
  
7940.000 DUOSPERMA Dayton 
DISPERMA C.B. Clarke 
  
7953.000 STROBILANTHOPSIS S. Moore 
Strobilanthopsis linifolia (T. Anderson) Milne-Redh.
Calophanes linifolius T. Anderson ex C.B. Clarke
Dyschoriste linifolia (T. Anderson) C.B. Clarke
Hygrophila evae Briq.
Hygrophila glutinifolia Lindau
Strobilanthopsis glutinifolia (Lindau) S. Moore
Strobilanthopsis hircina S. Moore
Strobilanthopsis prostrata Milne-Redh.
Strobilanthopsis rogersii S. Moore
  
7955.000 WHITFIELDIA Hook. 
  
7965.000 RUELLIA L. 
STEPHANOPHYSUM Pohl 
Ruellia angolensis I.Darbysh. & E.Tripp [End] [EN]BE,CS
Ruellia bignoniiflora (Lindau) S. Moore [LR-lc]BO,LA,NA
Dischistocalyx bignoniiflorus (S. Moore) Lindau
Ruellia bignonaeiflora S. Moore
Ruellia oxysepala C.B. Clarke
Ruellia currorii T.Anderson [NrEnd] [LR-lc]BE,NA
Ruellia patula Jacq. [LR-lc]BE,CS,CU,HI,LA,NA
Dipteracanthus patulus (Jacq.) Nees
Ruellia praetermissa Lindau CA
Ruellia prostrata Poir. [LR-lc]BE,BO,CS,CU,LA,NA
Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees
Ruellia otaviensis auct.
Ruellia patula Jacq. var. prostrata (Poir.) Chiov.
Ruellia quipungoensis I.Darbysh. & E.Tripp [End] [EN]BE,HI
Ruellia togoensis (Lindau) Heine [LR-lc]CN,MA,NA
Dischistocalyx togoensis Lindau
Ruellia ardeicollis Benoist
Stenoschista togoensis (Lindau) Bremek.
  
7971.000 LEPIDAGATHIS Willd. 
  
7972.000 CRABBEA Harv. 
Crabbea cirsioides (Nees) Nees MO
Crabbea angustifolia Nees
Crabbea hirsuta Harv.
Crabbea ovalifolia Ficalho & Hiern
Crabbea robusta C.B. Clarke
Crabbea undulatifolia Engl.
Ruellia circioides Nees
  
7973.000 BARLERIA L. 
Barleria alata S.Moore CA,CN,UI
Barleria antunesii Lindau [End] [DD]HI
Barleria benguellensis S.Moore [End] BE,HI
Barleria brownii S.Moore CA,LN
Barleria buddleioides S.Moore [End] [EN]CC,CU,HI
Barleria calole I. Darbysh. [End] [DD]BO
Barleria carruthersiana S.Moore [End] [DD]BE,CS,HI,MA,NA
Barleria crabbeoides I. Darbysh. [End] [EN]HI
Barleria crassa C.B. Clarke
subsp. crassa CC,MO
Barleria nyasensis sensu auct., non C.B.Clarke
Barleria venosa Oberm.
Barleria cyanea S.Moore [NrEnd] [LR-nt]CU,HI,NA
Barleria damarensis T.Anderson [NrEnd]
Barleria descampsii Lindau LS
Barleria argentea-calycina De Wild.
Barleria briartii De Wild.
Barleria paludosa S. Moore
Barleria deserticola I. Darbysh. & E. Tripp [End] [LR-lc]NA
Barleria eburnea I.Darbysh. [End] [LR-lc]BI,CC,HA,HI
Barleria elegans S.Moore ex C.B.Clarke
subsp. elegans [LR-lc]BO,CN,CS,CU,HI,LA,NA
Barleria elliptica Benoist [NrEnd] [DD]BE,CS,HI,MA,NA
Barleria alata S.Moore var. amoena Benoist
Barleria alata Barleria alata S.Moore, pro parte
Barleria lancifolia sensu auctt., non T.Anderson
Barleria fernandae I. Darbysh. [End] [DD]HI
Barleria gossweileri S.Moore [End] [LR-lc]BE,NA
Barleria exellii Benoist
Barleria grandicalyx Lindau BE
Barleria grandicalyx Lindau var. vix-dentata C.B.Clarke
Barleria kilimandscharica Lindau
Barleria mucronata Lindau
Barleria holstii Lindau
Barleria sp.no.8 (Müller 3076)
Barleria imatensis I.Darbysh. [End] [DD]HI,CU
Barleria kacondensis S.Moore
subsp. kacondensis [End] [LR-nt]BI,CC,HI
Barleria kacondensis S.Moore
subsp. glabrescens I.Darbysh. [End] [EN]HA
Barleria louiseana I.Darbysh. [End] [EN]CS,HA
Barleria lugardii C.B.Clarke
Barleria mackenii Hook.f. BE,CC,CS,CU,HI,LA,NA
Barleria cunenensis Benoist
Barleria gibsonii sensu Shendage & Yadav in part
Barleria jucunda Benoist
Barleria jucunda Benoist var. pilosula Benoist
Barleria matopensis S.Moore
Barleria meeuseana P. G. Mey. [NrEnd] [LR-lc]NA
Barleria namba I. Darbysh. [End] [VU]CS
Barleria newtonii Lindau [End] [EN]HI,NA
Barleria calophylla sensu auctt., non Lindau
Barleria obtusisepala C.B.Clarke [End] [DD]BE,BI,HA,MA
Barleria pabularis S.Moore [End] [LR-lc]CC,HA,HI
Barleria phaylopsis Milne-Redh. CC
Barleri affinis De Wild.
Barleria polyneura S.Moore [End] [LR-nt]CU,HI
Barleria prionitoides Engl.
subsp. strigulosa I. Darbysh. [End] [LR-lc]BE,BO,CS,LA,NA
Barleria prionitoides Engl.
subsp. namutonensis (Oberm.) I. Darbysh. [NrEnd] [LR-lc]HI,NA
Barleria rupicola I. Darbysh. [End] [LR-lc]BE,HI,NA
Barleria salicifolia S.Moore [End] [DD]MA
Barleria senensis Klotzsch CC
Barleria albida Lindau
Barleria eenii S. Moore
Barleria petrophila Lindau
Barleria spathulata N.E. Br.
Barleria stellato-tomentosa S.Moore [End] [VU]CS,MA
Barleria subglobosa S.Moore [End] [VU]BE,CC,HI
Barleria taitensis S.Moore
subsp. occidentalis (S.Moore) I.Darbysh. [NrEnd] [LR-lc]BE,BO,CS, CU,HI,NA
Barleria thunbergiiflora I.Darbysh. [End] [LR-lc]LS,MO
Barleria villosa S.Moore CA,CN,CS, MA,UI
Barleria violascens S.Moore
var. violascens [End] [LR-lc]CC,CU,HI,NA
Barleria violascens S.Moore
var. humpatana I.Darbysh. [End] [EN]HI
Barleria welwitschii S.Moore [End] [DD]MA
  
7977.000 NEURACANTHUS Nees 
  
7978.000 SCLEROCHITON Harv. 
  
7980.000 BLEPHARIS Juss. 
Blepharis buchneri Lindau
Blepharis buchneri Lindau var. major De Wild.
Blepharis malangensis S. Moore
Blepharis cuanzensis S. Moore
var. cuanzensis
Blepharis decussata S.Moore [End] BI
Blepharis edulis (Forssk.) Pers.
Acanthodium delilei (Spreng.) H.Buek
Acanthodium spicatum Delile
Acanthus delilei Spreng.
Acanthus edulis Forssk.
Acanthus tetragonus R.Br.
Blepharis hirta (Hochst. ex Nees) Martelli var. latifolia Martelli
Blepharis obovata Chiov.
Blepharis flava Vollesen [End]
Blepharis glumacea S. Moore
Blepharis kassneri S. Moore
Blepharis grossa (Nees) T.Anderson
Blepharis huillensis Vollesen [End] HI
Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E. Mey. ex Schinz
var. integrifolia HI
Acanthus integrifolius L.f.
Blepharis setosa Nees
Blepharis katangensis De Wild.
Blepharis leendertziae Oberm. HI
Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Roth
Acanthus maderaspatensis L.
Blepharis abyssinica Hochst.
Blepharis boerhaviifolia Pers.
Blepharis boerhaviifolia Pers. var. micrantha Sond.
Blepharis boerhaviifolia Pers. var. nigrovenulosa De Wild. & T. Durand
Blepharis gueinzii T. Anderson
Blepharis maderaspatanus (L.) Roth var. abyssinica (Hochst.) Fiori, Boschi & Piante
Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Roth subsp. rubiifolia (Schum.) Napper
Blepharis teaguei Oberm.
Blepharis menocotyle Milne-Redh.
Blepharis noli-me-tangere S.Moore [End]
Blepharis obmitrata C.B. Clarke
Blepharis pascuorum S.Moore [End]
Blepharis tetrasticha Lindau [End] MA
Blepharis welwitschii S.Moore [End]
  
7981.000 ACANTHUS L. 
Acanthus montanus (Nees) T. Anderson
  
7985.000 CROSSANDRA Salisb. 
Crossandra angolensis S.Moore [End] BE
Crossandra nilotica Oliv.
Crossandra massaica sensu Maroyi
Crossandra nilotica Oliv. subsp. acuminata (Lindau ex C.B.Clarke) Napper
Crossandra primuloides Lindau [End]
Crossandra crocea S.Moore
Crossandra infundibuliformis (L.) Nees subsp. crocea (S.Moore) Napper
  
8007.000 ASYSTASIA Blume 
Asystasia africana (S.Moore) C.B.Clarke MA
Asystasia intrusa (Forssk.) Blume
Asystasia coromandeliana Nees
Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson subsp. micrantha (Nees) Ensermu
Asystasia parvula C.B. Clarke
Asystasia pinguifolia T. Edwards
Justicia gangetica L.
Asystasia welwitschii S. Moore MA
  
8022.000 RUSPOLIA Lindau 
  
8024.000 PSEUDERANTHEMUM Radlk. 
  
8031.000 DICLIPTERA Juss. 
PERISTROPHE Nees 
Dicliptera hensii Lindau
Peristrophe hensii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
  
8032.000 HYPOESTES Sol. ex R.Br. 
Hypoestes cancellata Nees
Hypoestes forskaolii (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
subsp. forskaolii
Hypoestes depauperata Lindau
Hypoestes echioides Lindau
Hypoestes latifolia Nees
Hypoestes mlanjensis C.B. Clarke
Hypoestes mollis T. Anderson
Hypoestes preussii Lindau
Hypoestes tanganyikensis C.B. Clarke
Hypoestes verticillaris (L.f.) Roem. & Schult.
Hypoestes violaceotincta Lindau
Justicia forskaolii Vahl
Justicia paniculata Forssk.
Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.
Hypoestes consanguinea Lindau
Hypoestes kilimandscharica Lindau
Hypoestes phaylopsoides S. Moore
Hypoestes rosea sensu Clarke p.p. non P. Beauv.
Justicia triflora Forssk.
  
8048.000 ECBOLIUM Kurz 
Ecbolium clarkei Hiern
var. puberulum Vollesen
Ecbolium clarkei Hiern
var. clarkei
  
8054.000 RHINACANTHUS Nees 
Rhinacanthus angolensis I. Darbysh. [End] [DD]BE,HI,NA
Rhinacanthus kaokoensis K. Balkwill & S. D. Will. [NrEnd] [LR-nt]CU,NA
Rhinacanthus nasutus sensu auctt., non (L.) Kurz
Rhinacanthus xerophilus Meyer (1968: 63), non A. Meeuse.
Rhinacanthus virens (Nees) Milne-Redh. [LR-lc]CA,CN,LN,LS
Cryptacanthus virens (Nees) I.Darbysh. & Kiel
Leptostachya virens Nees
Rhinacanthus minimus S. Moore
Siphonoglossa rubra S. Moore
  
8061.000 MEGALOCHLAMYS Lindau 
Megalochlamys marlothii (Engl.) Lindau [NrEnd] NA
  
8079.000 ISOGLOSSA Oerst. 
  
8082.000 BRACHYSTEPHANUS Nees 
OREACANTHUS Benth. 
Brachystephanus jaundensis Lindau
subsp. nemoralis (S.Moore) I.Darbysh. [NrEnd] CA
Brachystephanus nemoralis S.Moore
  
8094.000 JUSTICIA L. 
ADHATODA Mill. 
BELOPERONE Nees 
JACOBINIA Nees ex Moricand 
MONECHMA Hochst. 
Justicia anselliana (Nees) T. Anderson MA
Adhatoda anselliana Nees
Dianthera anselliana (Nees) B.D.Jacks.
Ecbolium ansellianum (Nees) Kuntze
Justicia kapiriensis De Wild.
Justicia baumii S.Moore [End]
Justicia betonica L.
Adhatoda betonica (L.) Nees
Adhatoda cheiranthifolia Nees
Adhatoda lupulina Nees
Adhatoda variegata Nees var. pallidior Nees
Justicia betonicoides C.B. Clarke
Justicia cheiranthifolia (Nees) C.B. Clarke
Justicia pallidior (Nees) C.B. Clarke
Justicia pallidior (Nees) C.B. Clarke var. cooperi C.B. Clarke
Justicia uninervis S. Moore
Nicoteba betonica (L.) Lindau
Justicia brevicaulis S.Moore [End] HI
Duvernoia brevicaulis (S.Moore) Lindau
Justicia dalaënsis Benoist LS
Justicia extensa T.Anderson
Justicia flava (Vahl) Vahl
Justicia huambensis Hedrén [End] HA
Justicia ruwenzoriensis C.B. Clarke LA,MA
Justicia andongensis C.B.Clarke
Justicia gossweileri S.Moore

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