Brillantaisia lamium (Nees) Benth.
First published in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 477 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Leucorhaphis lamium Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 97 (1847)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Brillantaisia eminii Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 103 (1893)
- Brillantaisia palisotii Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 99 (1893)
- Brillantaisia subcordata De Wild. & T.Durand in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 38: 44 (1899)
- Brillantaisia subcordata var. macrophylla De Wild. & T.Durand in Contr. Fl. Congo 1(2): 47 (1900)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Daniel, T.F. & Figueiredo, E. (2009). The California Academy of Sciences Gulf of Guinea Expeditions (2001, 2006, 2008) VII. Acanthaceae of São Tomé and Príncipe. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, IV, 60: 623-674.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
- Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
- Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
- Vollesen, K. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae(1): 1-285.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Benoist in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 60: 334
- Chev. Bot.493
- Exell Cat. S. Tomé 260
- F.T.A. 5: 38
- Monod in Mém. I.F.A.N. 18: 13 (1952).
- in Fl. Nigrit. 477 (1849)
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Biol. Skr. 51(2): 439 (2005)
- Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London 28: 97, fig. 14 (1998)
- Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 334 (1913)
- Exell, Cat. Vasc. Pl. Sao Tomé: 260 (1944)
- F.E.E. 5: 371 (2006).
- F.T.A. 5: 38 (1899)
- F.W.T.A. (Ed. 2) 2: 406, fig. 300 (1963)
- F.W.T.A. 2: 254 (1931)
- Fl. Gabon 13: 88, pl. 17, 4–8 (1966)
- Hook., Niger Fl.: 477 (1849)
- Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 475 (1997)
- U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 267 (1994)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Feb 1, 2005 | Harvey, Y.B. [127], Cameroon | K000199797 | No | ||
Nov 1, 2004 | Pollard, B.J. [881], Cameroon | K000199745 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2002 | Ensermu, K. [3517], Cameroon | K000109511 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2002 | Sidwell, K. [418], Cameroon | K000109457 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2002 | Etuge, M. [4497], Cameroon | K000109468 | No | ||
Jul 1, 1999 | Cheek, M. [8697], Cameroon | K000339076 | No | ||
Nov 1, 1997 | [Stuhlmann] [3644], Tanzania | K000393847 | syntype | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1996 | Schoenenberger, J. [4], Cameroon | K000198726 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1996 | Schoenenberger, J. [27], Cameroon | K000198725 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1993 | Mbani, J. M. [71], Cameroon | K000011275 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1993 | Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [479], Cameroon | K000011276 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1993 | Sidwell, K. [6], Cameroon | K000518953 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Manning, S.D. [398], Cameroon | K000029208 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Manning, S.D. [1046], Cameroon | K000029207 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Manning, S.D. [67], Cameroon | K000029206 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1987 | Thomas, D.W. [4235], Cameroon | K000029209 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1987 | Thomas, D.W. [4235], Cameroon | K000029205 | No | ||
Meikle, R.D. [590], Nigeria | 13069.000 | No | |||
Ansell [s.n.], Nigeria | K000393860 | Yes | |||
Ansell [s.n.], Nigeria | K000393861 | Yes | |||
Millen, H. [7], Nigeria | K000393862 | Yes | |||
Vogel [17], Nigeria | K000393863 | Yes | |||
Ansell [s.n.], Nigeria | K000393864 | Yes | |||
Hepper, F.N. [8608], Cameroon | K000029202 | No | |||
Thompson, S.A. [1460], Cameroon | K000029203 | No | |||
Maitland, T.D. [1619], Cameroon | K000029201 | No | |||
Johnston, H.H. [0 s.n.23], Cameroon | K000029200 | No | |||
Gossweiler, J. [131], Angola | K001009172 | Yes | |||
Dawlins, H.C. [616], Uganda | Brillantaisia eminii | 13070.000 | No | ||
Chancellor, R.J. [206], Uganda | Brillantaisia eminii | 2804.000 | No |
Sources
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
- 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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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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