Brillantaisia nitens Lindau

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 102 (1893)
This name is a synonym of Brillantaisia owariensis

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising 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. [Cited as Brillantaisia owariensis.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Brillantaisia nitens.]
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517. [Cited as Brillantaisia nitens.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Benoist in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 60: 336.
  • F.T.A. 5: 41
  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 17: 102 (1893)

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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