Acanthaceae
Aphelandra

Aphelandra scabra (Vahl) Sm.

First published in A.Rees, Cycl. 39: n.° 3 (1818)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to N. South America. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Suriname, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Malik, K.A. & Ghafoor, A. (1988). Flora of Pakistan 188: 1-79. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1990 Hinton, G.B. [9903] Mexico K000064490 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Novelo, A. [238] Mexico K000064478 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Grisebach [s.n.] Mexico K000534467 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Hancock, W. [47] Mexico K000064483 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Mexico K000064481 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Palmer, E. [174] Mexico K000064482 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Gaumer, G.F. Mexico K000064479 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Hinton, G.B.; et al. [11477] Mexico K000064486 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Ghiesbreght, M. [700] Mexico K000064492 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Andrieux, G. [131] Mexico K000064488 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Galeotti, H.G. [909] Mexico K000064487 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Hinton, G.B.; et al. [10919] Mexico K000064485 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Linden, J. [189] Mexico K000064489 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Langlassé, E. [679] Mexico K000064491 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Menendez, F. [226] Mexico K000064477 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Gaumer, G.F.; Sons [23650bis] Mexico K000064480 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Cuming [1099] Colombia K000534509 Syntype Yes
Hostmann [539] Suriname K000534511 Type Yes
[Pervina] [s.n.] K000534505 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sinclair [s.n.] K000534470 Type Yes
Ramamoorthy, T.P.; Sousa P., M.; Basurto, P. [1310] Mexico K000064476 Yes
Panama K000534471 Type Yes
Herrera, G.; Guadamuz, A.; Hernández, J. [10183] Costa Rica K001769512 No
Sinclair, D. [s.n.] Panama K000534508 Type Yes
Schomburgk [180] Guyana K000534457 Syntype Yes
Cuming, H. [1099] K000534512 Syntype Yes
Sinclair [s.n.] Honduras K000534469 Type Yes
Hostmann [539] Suriname K000534455 Syntype Yes
Barclay [s.n.] Panama K000534510 Type Yes
Hartweg [1267] Colombia K000534507 Type Yes
Sinclair [s.n.] K000534468 Type Yes
Barclay [s.n.] K000534472 Type Yes
Schomburgk, R. [1461] Guyana K000534458 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schomburgk [888] Guyana K000534456 Syntype Yes
Sinclair [s.n.] Ecuador K000534506 Type Yes
Martínez S., E.; Lombera, R. [26187] Mexico Aphelandra deppeana K000064484 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0