Acanthaceae
Elytraria

Elytraria imbricata (Vahl) Pers.

First published in Syn. Pl. 1: 23 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. U.S.A. to NW. Argentina. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Galápagos, Madagascar, Philippines, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Arbo, M.M. & al. (2018). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 20(1): 1-488. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
  • Daniel, T.D. & McDade, L.A. (2014). Nelsonioideae (Lamiales: Acanthaceae): revision of genera and catalog of species. Aliso 32: 1-45.
  • Daniel, T.F. (2007 publ. 2008). Notes on the distributions of some Mexican Acanthaceae. Ibugana 15: 13-22.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Levin, G.A. & Moran, R. (1989). The vascular flora of isla Socorro, Mexico: 1-71. Dept. of Botany, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego.
  • Lê, T.C. (2005). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 3: 1-1248. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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.
  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Daniel, T.D. & McDade, L.A. (2014). Nelsonioideae (Lamiales: Acanthaceae): revision of genera and catalog of species. Aliso 32: 1-45.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • Levin, G.A. & Moran, R. (1989). The vascular flora of isla Socorro, Mexico: 1-71. Dept. of Botany, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.

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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1999 Forius [4201] Brazil K000012087 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Purdie [s.n.] Colombia K000534030 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Lobb [s.n.] Panama K000534028 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Breedlove, D.E.; Daniel, T.F. [70933] Mexico K000064071 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Rothschild, B.; Phillips, B.L. [061] Mexico K000064073 Yes
Jul 13, 1971 Galeotti, H.G. [989] Mexico K000064081 No
Jul 13, 1971 Townsend, C.H.T.; Barber, C.M. [391] Mexico K000064082 No
Jul 13, 1971 Hinton, G.B.; et al. [9812] Mexico K000064070 Yes
Jul 12, 1971 Hinton, G.B. [5111] Mexico K000064087 No
Nov 3, 1970 Hinton, G.B.; et al. [10995] Mexico K000064088 No
Jun 2, 1970 González O., J. [32] Mexico K000064091 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Gaumer, G.F. [311] Mexico K000064101 No
Jun 2, 1970 Moran, R.V. [6921] Mexico K000064075 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Coulter, T. [1207] Mexico K000064084 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Hinton, G.B.; et al. [5669] Mexico K000064061 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Hartman, C.V. [91] Mexico K000064092 No
Jun 2, 1970 Langlassé, E. [636] Mexico K000064078 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Purpus, C.A. [16362] Mexico K000064064 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Hinton, G.B.; et al. [5953] Mexico K000064080 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Orcutt, C.R. [4609] Mexico K000064079 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Hinton, G.B. [2962] Mexico K000064083 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Gaumer, G.F. Mexico K000064097 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Carter, A.; Alexander, A.M.; Kellogg, L. [2066] Mexico K000064094 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Seemann [1512] Mexico K000064066 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Hinton, G.B. [3135] Mexico K000064086 No
Jun 2, 1970 Purpus, C.A. [16362] Mexico K000064063 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Barkley, W. Mexico K000064065 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Gaumer, G.F. Mexico K000064099 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Anthony, A.W. [392] Mexico K000064090 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Purpus, C.A. [527] Mexico K000064062 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Sinclair, J. Mexico K000064058 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Gaumer, G.F. [311] Mexico K000064098 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Hinton, G.B.; et al. [5762] Mexico K000064085 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Pringle, C.G. [333] Mexico K000064059 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Barkley, F.A. [14109] Mexico K000064077 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Wright, C. [1467] K000064076 Yes
Jun 2, 1970 Palmer, E. [61] Mexico K000064060 Yes
Apr 2, 1970 Parkinson, M. [s.n.] Mexico K000478104 Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Cuming, H. [1146] Colombia K001096964 Isosyntype Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K000534029 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 1, 1970 Cuming, H. [1146] Panama K001096963 Type Yes
Hinton, G.B. [9791] Mexico K000478769 Yes
Gaumer, G.F.; Sons [1590] Mexico K000064100 Yes
Burchell [8691] Brazil K001032345 Yes
Glaziou, A. [13075] Brazil K001032344 Yes
Spruce [1074] Brazil K001106994 Yes
Lankester, C.H. [s.n.] Brazil K001106995 Yes
Coulter, T. [1207] Mexico K000064067 Yes
Palmer, E. Mexico K000064068 Yes
s.coll. [1880] Brazil K001032346 Yes
Wiggins, I.L. [15309] Mexico K000064074 Yes
Félix, L.P. [1254] Brazil K001106991 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21815] Brazil K001106992 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [11351] Brazil K001107000 Yes
Gardner [1108] Brazil K001106999 Yes
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [11578] Mexico K000064069 Yes
Glaziou, A. [14167] Brazil K001106997 Yes
Martin, P.S.; O'Rourke, M.K. Mexico K000064072 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [22032] Brazil K001106996 Yes
Daniel, T.F.; Anderson, W.; Jessup, S. [5857] Mexico K000064096 Yes
Félix, L.P.; Dorneles, G. [1531] Brazil K001106990 Yes
Burchell [8747] Brazil K001106998 Yes
Smith, D. [36] Brazil K001106993 Yes
Daniel, T.F.; Bartholomew, B. [4914] Mexico K000064095 Yes
Reveal, J.L.; Harley, R.M. [4010] Mexico K000064057 Yes
Oct 1, 2013 Gardner, G. [3947] Brazil Elytraria tridentata var. caulescens K000014509 Syntype Yes
Oct 1, 2013 Gardner, G. [3947] Brazil Elytraria tridentata var. caulescens K000014510 Syntype Yes
Gardner, G. [1108] Brazil Elytraria tridentata var. caulescens K000978803 Unknown Type Material Yes
Matuda, E. [17176] Mexico Elytraria squamosa K000064089 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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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