Lepidagathis Willd.
Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Acanthura Lindau, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 196 (1901)
- Lindauea Rendle, J. Bot. 34: 411 (1896)
- Lophostachys Pohl, Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 2: 93 (1831)
- Russeggera Endl., S.L.Endlicher & E.Fenzl, Nov. Stirp. Dec.: 38 (1839)
- Teliostachya Nees, C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 71 (1847)
- Volkensiophyton Lindau, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 27 (1894)
- Zahlbrucknera Pohl ex Nees, C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 16 (1847), not validly publ.
Accepted Species
- Lepidagathis alopecuroidea (Vahl) R.Br. ex Griseb.
- Lepidagathis alvarezia (Nees) Kameyama ex Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
- Lepidagathis amaranthoides Elmer
- Lepidagathis ananthapuramensis V.S.A.Kumar, P.Biju, Sindu Arya, Josekutty & Augustine
- Lepidagathis andersoniana Lindau
- Lepidagathis angustifolia C.B.Clarke
- Lepidagathis anobrya Nees
- Lepidagathis appendiculata Lindau
- Lepidagathis armata Lindau
- Lepidagathis backeri Bremek.
- Lepidagathis balakrishnanii Remadevi & Binoj Kumar
- Lepidagathis bandraensis Blatt.
- Lepidagathis barberi Gamble
- Lepidagathis benojiana Jithin & Jose
- Lepidagathis billardiereana Nees
- Lepidagathis boholensis Y.S.Liang, S.T.Geng, Evangel. & J.C.Wang
- Lepidagathis brevis Benoist
- Lepidagathis brevispica Bremek.
- Lepidagathis callistachys Kameyama
- Lepidagathis calycina Hochst. ex Nees
- Lepidagathis cambodiana Benoist
- Lepidagathis capituliformis Benoist
- Lepidagathis cataractae (Nees) Lindau ex Pulle
- Lepidagathis ceylanica Nees
- Lepidagathis chariensis Benoist
- Lepidagathis chiapensis (Acosta) Kameyama
- Lepidagathis chlorostachya Nees
- Lepidagathis cinerea Merr.
- Lepidagathis clarkei Merr.
- Lepidagathis clavata Dalzell
- Lepidagathis collina (Endl.) Milne-Redh.
- Lepidagathis cristata Willd.
- Lepidagathis cuneiformis Kameyama
- Lepidagathis cuspidata Nees
- Lepidagathis cyanea (Leonard) Kameyama
- Lepidagathis dahomensis Benoist
- Lepidagathis danielii Cruz & J.Jiménez Ram.
- Lepidagathis diffusa C.B.Clarke
- Lepidagathis dispar C.B.Clarke ex Merr.
- Lepidagathis dissimilis J.B.Imlay
- Lepidagathis diversa C.B.Clarke
- Lepidagathis dulcis Nees
- Lepidagathis epacridea Heine
- Lepidagathis eriocephala Lindau
- Lepidagathis eucephala Miq.
- Lepidagathis eugeniifolia Benoist
- Lepidagathis falcata Nees
- Lepidagathis fasciculata (Retz.) Nees
- Lepidagathis fimbriata C.B.Clarke
- Lepidagathis fischeri C.B.Clarke
- Lepidagathis floribunda (Pohl) Kameyama
- Lepidagathis formosensis C.B.Clarke ex Hayata
- Lepidagathis glandulosa Nees
- Lepidagathis gossweileri S.Moore
- Lepidagathis gracilis (Bremek.) Wassh.
- Lepidagathis grandidieri Benoist
- Lepidagathis guatemalensis (Donn.Sm.) Kameyama
- Lepidagathis hainanensis H.S.Lo
- Lepidagathis hamiltoniana Wall.
- Lepidagathis heudelotiana Nees
- Lepidagathis humifusa Decne.
- Lepidagathis humilis Merr.
- Lepidagathis inaequalis C.B.Clarke ex Elmer
- Lepidagathis incurva Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
- Lepidagathis ipariaensis Wassh.
- Lepidagathis javanica Blume
- Lepidagathis kameyamana Gnanasek. & Arisdason
- Lepidagathis keralensis Madhus. & N.P.Singh
- Lepidagathis lanatoglabra C.B.Clarke
- Lepidagathis laxa Nees
- Lepidagathis laxifolia (Nees) Kameyama
- Lepidagathis linearis T.Anderson
- Lepidagathis linifolia Benoist
- Lepidagathis longisepala C.B.Clarke
- Lepidagathis lutea Dalzell
- Lepidagathis lutescens Benoist
- Lepidagathis macgregorii Merr.
- Lepidagathis macrantha C.B.Clarke
- Lepidagathis macrochila Lindau
- Lepidagathis madagascariensis Benoist
- Lepidagathis marginata Bremek.
- Lepidagathis mazarunensis (Bremek.) Wassh.
- Lepidagathis medicaginea (Bremek.) Wassh.
- Lepidagathis medusae S.Moore
- Lepidagathis mendax Benoist
- Lepidagathis meridionalis Kameyama
- Lepidagathis microphylla Merr.
- Lepidagathis mindorensis Merr.
- Lepidagathis mitis Dalzell
- Lepidagathis montana (Mart. ex Nees) Kameyama
- Lepidagathis mucida Benoist
- Lepidagathis nemoralis (Mart. ex Nees) Kameyama
- Lepidagathis nemorosa S.Moore
- Lepidagathis nickeriensis Wassh.
- Lepidagathis oubanguiensis Benoist
- Lepidagathis palawanensis Merr.
- Lepidagathis pallescens S.Moore
- Lepidagathis papuana S.Moore
- Lepidagathis paraensis Kameyama
- Lepidagathis parviflora Blume
- Lepidagathis peniculifera S.Moore
- Lepidagathis perrieri Benoist
- Lepidagathis plantaginea Mildbr.
- Lepidagathis pobeguinii Hua
- Lepidagathis pseudoaristata Ensermu
- Lepidagathis psilantha Nees
- Lepidagathis purpuricaulis Nees
- Lepidagathis rajasekharae K.Prasad & A.M.Reddy
- Lepidagathis randii S.Moore
- Lepidagathis riedeliana Nees
- Lepidagathis rigida Dalzell
- Lepidagathis robinsonii Merr.
- Lepidagathis royenii Bremek.
- Lepidagathis rumphii Merr.
- Lepidagathis sabui Chandore, Borude, Madhav & S.R.Yadav
- Lepidagathis scabra C.B.Clarke
- Lepidagathis scariosa Nees
- Lepidagathis secunda Nees
- Lepidagathis sericea Benoist
- Lepidagathis sessilifolia (Pohl) Kameyama ex Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
- Lepidagathis shrirangii Natekar, Kambale & Chandore
- Lepidagathis simplex T.Anderson
- Lepidagathis soconuscana (T.F.Daniel) Kameyama
- Lepidagathis sorongensis Bremek.
- Lepidagathis speciosa (Rendle) Hedrén
- Lepidagathis spicifer Elmer
- Lepidagathis spinosa Wight ex Nees
- Lepidagathis staurogynoides S.Moore
- Lepidagathis stenophylla C.B.Clarke ex Hayata
- Lepidagathis strobilina T.Anderson ex Kurz
- Lepidagathis subglabra Merr.
- Lepidagathis subinterrupta Merr.
- Lepidagathis submitis Blatt.
- Lepidagathis surinamensis (Bremek.) Wassh.
- Lepidagathis tenuis C.B.Clarke
- Lepidagathis thorelii Benoist
- Lepidagathis thymifolia Collett & Hemsl.
- Lepidagathis thyrsiflora Bremek.
- Lepidagathis tisserantii Benoist
- Lepidagathis trinervis Nees
- Lepidagathis ushae Borude, Gosavi & Chandore
- Lepidagathis uxpanapensis (Acosta) Kameyama
- Lepidagathis villosa Hedrén
- Lepidagathis vulpina Benoist
- Lepidagathis walkeriana Nees
- Lepidagathis wasshausenii Kameyama
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Kew Bulletin
- Acosta, S. (1985). Algunas espécies interessantes de la família Acanthaceae en México. Phytologia 57: 249 – 260.
- Balkwill, M. J. & Balkwill, K. (1997). Delimitation and infra-generic classification of Barleria (Acanthaceae). Kew Bull. 52: 535 – 573.
- Benoist, R. (1911). Les genres Lepidagathis et Lophostachys sont-ils distincts? Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 139 – 144.
- Bentham, G. (1876). Acanthaceae. In: G. Bentham & W. J. Hooker (eds.), Genera Plantarum vol. 2: 1060 – 1122. Reeve & Co., Williams & Norgate, London.
- Brako, L. & Wasshausen, D. C. (1993). Acanthaceae. In: L. Brako & J. L. Zarucchi (eds.), Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 2 – 15. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
- Bremekamp, C. E. B. (1938). Notes on the Acanthaceae of Surinam. Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 35: 129 – 176.
- Brummit, R. K. (1989). Two anisophyllous species of Justicia (Acanthaceae) from East Africa. Kew Bull. 45: 281 – 285.
- Burkill, I. H. & Clarke, C. B. (1899). Acanthaceae. In: W. T. T. Dyer (ed.), Flora of Tropical Africa v. 5: 2 – 192. L. Reeve & Co. London.
- Clarke, C. B. (1885). Acanthaceae. In: J. D. Hooker (ed.), Flora of British India vol. 4: 513 – 558. L. Reeve & Co. London.
- Daniel, T. F. (1993). A Synopsis of Lophostachys (Acanthaceae) in Mexico and Central America. Selbyana 14: 64 – 70.
- Donnell Smith, J. (1901). Undescribed plants from Guatemala and other Central American Republics XXII. Bot. Gaz. 31: 109 – 125.
- Ezcurra, C. (1993). Acanthaceae. In: A. Cabrera (ed.), Flora de la Provincia de Jujuy, parte IX: 278 – 359. INTA, Buenos Aires.
- Gibson, D. N. (1974). Flora of Guatemala. Acanthaceae. Fieldiana Bot. 21: 328 – 461.
- Hedrén, M. (1993). A new species of Lepidagathis (Acanthaceae) from central Somalia and the demise of Lindauea. Nordic J. Bot. 13 (5): 515 – 518.
- Huang, T. C. (1972). Pollen Floras of Taiwan. National Taiwan University. Botany Department Press. Taipei.
- Leonard, E. C. (1951). The Acanthaceae of Colombia. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 31: 1 – 781.
- Lindau, G. (1895). Acanthaceae. In: A. Engler & K. Prantl (eds), Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten, insbesondere den Nutzflanzen, unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten begründet Teil 4 abt. 3b: 274 – 354. Leipzig.
- Manktelow, M. (1996). Phaulopsis (Acanthaceae) — a monograph. Symb. Bot. Upsal. 31: 1 – 184.
- McDade, L. A., Daniel, T. F., Kiel, C. A. & Vollesen, K. (2005). Phylogenetic relationships among Acantheae (Acanthaceae): Major lineages present contrasting patterns of molecular evolution and morphological differentiation. Syst. Bot. 30: 834 – 862.
- Nees, C. G. (1832). Acanthaceae. In: N. Wallich (ed.), Plantae asiaticae rariores v. 3: 70 – 117. Treuttel & Würz. London.
- Pohl, J. E. (1831). Plantarum Brasiliae: icones et descriptione vol. 2, pars 3. Vienna.
- Raj, B. (1961). Pollen morphological studies in the Acanthaceae. Grana 3: 3 – 108.
- Rowbik, D. W. & Moreno, P. J. E. (1991). Pollen and spores of Barro Colorado Island. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 36: 1 – 268.
- Scotland, R. W., Sweere, J. A., Reeves, P. A. & Olmstead, R. G. (1995). Higher-level systematics of Acanthaceae determined by chloroplast DNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 82: 266 – 275.
- Wasshausen, D. C. (1995). Acanthaceae. Pp. 335 – 374. In: J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry & B. K. Holst (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guyana v. 2: Pteridophytes, Spermatophytes: Acanthaceae – Araceae. Timber Press, Portland.
- Weberling, F. (1989). Morphology of Flowers and Inflorescences. Cambridge University Press.
- Willdenow, C. L. (1800). Species Plantarum 4 ed. vol. 3. Berlin.
- ____ & Vollesen, K. (2000). Classification of Acanthaceae. Kew Bull. 55: 513 – 589.
- ____ & Wood, J. R. I. (2004). Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1 – 152.
- ____ (1847a). Acanthaceae. In: K. F. P. von Martius & A. G. Eichler (eds.), Flora Brasiliensis 9: 1 – 164; tab. 1 – 31. Berlin.
- ____ (1847b). Acanthaceae. In: A. L. P. P. de Candolle (ed.), Prodomus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis vol. 11: 46 – 519. Treuttel & Würz. Paris.
- ____ (1959). The Machris Brazilian expedition. Botany: Phanerogamae, Acanthaceae. Contr. Sci. 32: 3 – 19.
- ____ (1960). New Bornean Acanthaceae. Blumea 10: 151 – 175.
- ____ (1965). Delimitation and subdivision of the Acanthaceae. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 7: 21 – 30.
- ____ (1995). New and reconsidered Mexican Acanthaceae VI. Chiapas. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 48: 253 – 282.
- ____ (1998). Pollen Morphology of Mexican Acanthaceae: Diversity and Systematic Significance. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50: 217 – 256.
- ____, McDade, L. A., Oxelman, B., Furness, C. A. & Balkwill, M.-J. (2001). The Enigmatic tribe Whitfieldieae (Acanthaceae): Delimitation and Phylogenetic relationships based on molecular and morphological data. Syst. Bot. 26: 104 – 119.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 5: 120.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Sp. Pl., ed.4: 400 (1800).
- —Nees in De Candolle, Prodr. 11: 249 (1847).
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Hedrén [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Ule, E. [5851], Brazil | K001032842 | Yes | |||
Ule, E. [9787], Peru | K001032843 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.], Myanmar | K001132509 | Yes |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Bulletin
- Kew Bulletin
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0