Family:
Acanthaceae Juss.
Genus:
Brachystephanus Nees

Brachystephanus glaberrimus Champl.

This species is accepted, and its native range is E. DR Congo to SW. Uganda.

Native to:

Rwanda, Uganda, Zaïre

Brachystephanus glaberrimus Champl. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 9, 1996 Maitland, T.D. [1015], Uganda K000394842 holotype Yes

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 66: 194 (1997)

Accepted by

  • Champluvier, D. & Darbyshire, I. (2009). A revision of the genera Brachystephanus and Oreacanthus (Acanthaceae) in tropical Africa Systematics and Geography of Plants 79: 115-192.
  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2010). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae (Part 2): 287-756.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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