Acanthaceae
Whitfieldia

Whitfieldia elongata (P.Beauv.) De Wild. & T.Durand

First published in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 38: 110 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Benin to SW. Ethiopia and N. Zambia. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Grall, A. & Darbyshire, I. (2021). A synopsis of the African genus Whitfieldia (Acanthaceae: Whitfieldieae) and a key to the species. Kew Bulletin 76: 191-221. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1985). Flora du Rwanda 3: 1-729. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Vollesen, K. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae(1): 1-285.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 5: 66.
  • in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 38: 110 (1899)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke in F.T.A. 5: 66 (1899).
  • De Wild. & T. Durand in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 38: 110 (1899).
  • Vollesen in F.T.E.A., Acanthaceae 1: 268 (2008).
  • was recorded by Maroyi (2006: 194) as cultivated in Harare, Zimbabwe based on Biegel 4529 (SRGH).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1985). Flora du Rwanda 3: 1-729. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Vollesen, K. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae(1): 1-285.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • B.S.B.B. 41(3): t. 29 (1913)
  • Belg. J.Bot. 125: 90 (1992)
  • Biol. Skr. 51(2): 456 (2005)
  • Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 38: 110 (1899)
  • E.P.A.: 935 (1964)
  • F.E.E. 5: 395 (2006).
  • F.P.S. 3: 181 (1956)
  • F.T.A. 5: 66 (1899)
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 2: 398 (1963)
  • Fl. Gabon 13: 34, pl. 6 (1967)
  • Fl. Rwanda 3: 492 (1985)
  • K.T.S.: 19 (1961)
  • K.T.S.L.: 610 (1994)
  • Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 507 (1997)
  • Richards & Morony, Checklist Mbala Distr.: 236 (1969)
  • Symb. Bot. Ups. 29(3): 162 (1991)
  • Th. & H. Durand, Syll. Fl. Cong.: 421 (1909)
  • U.K.W.F., ed. 2: 270 (1994)
  • U.K.W.F.: 591 (1974)
  • White, F.F.N.R.: 383 (1962)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2000 Scott Elliot, G.F. [7528] Uganda K000394206 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Carson, A. [22] Zambia K000394205 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7910 A] Cameroon K000197508 No
Mar 1, 1960 Binuyo, A. [FHI 35074] Cameroon K000029098 No
Oct 18, 1932 Vogel [242] Equatorial Guinea K000394211 Unknown Type Material Yes
Welwitsch [5153] Angola K001009242 Yes
Vogel [187] Equatorial Guinea K000394210 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gossweiler, J. [4767] Angola K001009240 Yes
Welwitsch [5151] Angola K001009241 Yes
Barter, C. [2069] Equatorial Guinea K001400587 Type Yes
Mann [198] Equatorial Guinea K000394212 Type Yes
Welwitsch [5152] Angola K001009243 Yes
Mann, G. [198] Equatorial Guinea K001208521 Type Yes

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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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