Acanthaceae
Brillantaisia

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 Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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?
Feb 1, 2005 Harvey, Y.B. [127] Cameroon K000199797 No
Nov 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [881] Cameroon K000199745 No
Jan 1, 2002 Sidwell, K. [418] Cameroon K000109457 No
Jan 1, 2002 Ensermu, K. [3517] Cameroon K000109511 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. [27] Cameroon K000198725 No
Jan 1, 1996 Schoenenberger, J. [4] Cameroon K000198726 No
Jan 1, 1993 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [479] Cameroon K000011276 No
Jan 1, 1993 Mbani, J., M. [71] Cameroon K000011275 No
Jan 1, 1993 Sidwell, K. [6] Cameroon K000518953 No
Jan 1, 1990 Manning, S.D. [1046] Cameroon K000029207 No
Jan 1, 1990 Manning, S.D. [398] Cameroon K000029208 No
Jan 1, 1990 Manning, S.D. [67] Cameroon K000029206 No
Jan 1, 1987 Thomas, D.W. [4235] Cameroon K000029205 No
Jan 1, 1987 Thomas, D.W. [4235] Cameroon K000029209 No
Millen, H. [7] Nigeria K000393862 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thompson, S.A. [1460] Cameroon K000029203 No
Ansell [s.n.] Nigeria K000393860 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tah, K.; Moses, N. [1] Cameroon K000609651 Yes
Kaman, G.; Konomou, G. [2241] Guinea K001310498 Yes
Ansell [s.n.] Nigeria K000393861 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johnston, H.H. [0 s.n.23] Cameroon K000029200 No
Maitland, T.D. [1619] Cameroon K000029201 No
Cheek, M.; Ndive; Sama; Enow; Nicholas; Manga [14124] Cameroon K001518516 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [8608] Cameroon K000029202 No
Ansell [s.n.] Nigeria K000393864 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gossweiler, J. [131] Angola K001009172 Yes
Vogel [17] Nigeria K000393863 Unknown Type Material Yes
Meikle, R.D. [590] Nigeria K:SPC-13069.000 No
Chancellor, R.J. [206] Uganda Brillantaisia eminii K:SPC-02804.000 No
Dawlins, H.C. [616] Uganda Brillantaisia eminii K:SPC-13070.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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