Acanthaceae
Dianthera

Dianthera candicans (Nees) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl.

First published in Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 517 (1882)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Arizona to Mexico. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest

Introduced into:

Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Lê, T.C. (2005). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 3: 1-1248. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [Cited as Justicia candicans.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Daniel, T.F. (2007 publ. 2008). Notes on the distributions of some Mexican Acanthaceae. Ibugana 15: 13-22.
  • Lê, T.C. (2005). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 3: 1-1248. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2015 González O., J. [1B] Mexico Justicia candicans K000064694 No
Jan 1, 2015 Gentry, H.S. [1206] Mexico Justicia candicans K000064693 No
Jan 1, 2015 Palmer, E. [264] Mexico Justicia candicans K000064692 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Palmer, E. [220] Mexico Justicia candicans K000064691 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Hartman, C.V. [211] Mexico Justicia candicans K000064690 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Hartman, C.V. [159] Mexico Justicia candicans K000064695 No
Jan 1, 2002 Seemann [2115] Mexico Justicia candicans K000529149 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Seemann [2115] Mexico Justicia candicans K000529148 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Martin, P.S.; O'Rourke, M.K. Mexico Justicia candicans K000064602 No
Jan 1, 1992 Martin, P.S.; O'Rourke, M.K.; Meyer, S. Mexico Justicia candicans K000064603 No
Jan 1, 1990 Rothschild, B.; Phillips, B.L. [62] Mexico Justicia candicans K000064605 No
Jan 1, 1990 Rothschild, B.M.; Ayala, M.G. [87] Mexico Justicia candicans K000064604 No
Pringle, C.G. [6260] Mexico Justicia candicans K000064606 No
Galeotti, H.G. [911] Mexico Justicia candicans K000064600 Unknown Type Material Yes
Liebmann [s.n.] Mexico Justicia candicans K000064601 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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