- Family: Acanthaceae Juss.
Brillantaisia P.Beauv.
Native to:
Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Jamaica
- Brillantaisia cicatricosa Lindau
- Brillantaisia debilis Burkill
- Brillantaisia fulva Lindau
- Brillantaisia grottanellii Pic.Serm.
- Brillantaisia lamium (Nees) Benth.
- Brillantaisia lancifolia Lindau
- Brillantaisia madagascariensis T.Anderson ex Lindau
- Brillantaisia oligantha Milne-Redh.
- Brillantaisia owariensis P.Beauv.
- Brillantaisia pubescens T.Anderson ex Oliv.
- Brillantaisia richardsiae Vollesen
- Brillantaisia riparia (Vollesen & Brummitt) Sidwell
- Brillantaisia stenopteris Sidwell
- Brillantaisia vogeliana (Nees) Benth.
Brillantaisia P.Beauv. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummond, R.B. [4768], Kenya | 17152.000 |
First published in Fl. Oware 2: 67 (1818)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Benoist in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 60: 334 (1913).
- —F.T.A. 5: 37
Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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