Acanthaceae

Asystasia Blume

First published in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 796 (1826)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa to N. Queensland.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil Southeast, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Gilbert Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Madeira, Malaya, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Nauru, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Society Is., South China Sea, Taiwan, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 5: 130.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bijdr.: 796 (1826).
  • —Nees in in De Candolle, Prod. 11: 163 (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?
Mar 1, 2013 Ranaivoarisoa, L; Luino, I. [LUR 032] Madagascar K000662574 No
Jul 1, 2011 Du, N.V., et al. [HNK 2832] Vietnam K000734109 No
Jan 1, 2009 Cable, S. [1458] Cameroon K000011438 No
Jan 1, 2008 Ellen, R.F. [1385] Indonesia K000224774 No
Jan 1, 2008 Raynal, J. [16730] Indonesia K000224775 No
Jan 1, 1998 Elliot, G.F. [s.n.] Kenya K000394761 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K000394759 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Thomas, D.W. [5777] Cameroon K000197530 No
Oct 10, 1975 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K000394760 Isotype Yes
Gonmadje, C. [29] Cameroon K001518048 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8436] Tanzania K:SPC-02794.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [9412] Cameroon K000197529 No
Trigui, S.M.; Razanajatovo, M.H.; Ramandimbimanana, S.D. [261] Madagascar K000546016 No
Heyne, B. [s.n.] India K000885522 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000885523 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2632] Botswana K001604262 Yes
Tuley, P. [5001] Cameroon K000197528 No
Kenya K:SPC-32985.000 No
Nkeng, P. [45] Cameroon K000085012 No
Cable, S.; et al. [527] Cameroon K:SPC-61754.000 No
Ridley, H.N. [98] Australia K000885511 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [25037] Nigeria K:SPC-04207.000 No
Tuley, P. [5001] Cameroon K000197527 No
Richards, H.M. [13295] Zimbabwe K:SPC-01223.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3537A] Zambia K:SPC-35248.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1923] Tanzania Styasasia K:SPC-04294.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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