Acanthaceae
Crossandra

Crossandra baccarinii Fiori

First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1915: 53 (1915)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Ethiopia to N. Kenya. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Vollesen, K. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae(1): 1-285.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Vollesen in Kew Bull. 45: 503–534 (1990).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1915: 53 (1915)
  • E.P.A.: 954 (1964)
  • F.E.E. 5: 367 (2006)
  • Fl. Somalia 3: 386 (2006).
  • K.B. 45: 516 (1990)
  • Kuchar, Pl. Somalia (CRDP Techn. Rep. Ser., no. 16): 245 (1986)
  • Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 476 (1997)
  • Miss. Stefanini-Paoli 1. (Bot.): 138 (1916)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
O'Brien, E.M. [84] Somalia K004707753 Yes
Thulin, M.; Mohamed, B.A. [6878] Somalia K004707754 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hedrén, M.; Abdi M. Dahir [7686] Somalia K004707755 Yes
Tardelli, M. [359] Somalia K004707756 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F. [24150] Somalia K004707750 Yes
Brown, F. [104] Ethiopia K004707749 Yes
Warfa, A.M.; Yusuf, A.W. [1121] Somalia K004707752 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F. [24718] Somalia K004707751 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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/
    • © 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 2025. 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