Acanthaceae
Crossandra

Crossandra nilotica Oliv.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 128 (1875)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Tropical Africa. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Vollesen, K. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae(1): 1-285.
  • Vollesen, K. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(5): 1-184. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke in F.T.A. 5: 115 (1899), excl. synonyms.
  • Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 476 (1997).
  • Napper in Kew Bull. 24: 338 (1970).
  • Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 29: 128, t.85 (1875).
  • Vollesen in F.T.E.A., Acanthaceae 1: 139 (2008).
  • —Vollesen in F.T.E.A., Acanthaceae 1: 139 (2008).

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): 440 (2005)
  • De Wild., Contrib. Fl. Katanga 1: 202 (1921)
  • F.E.E. 5: 364 (2006).
  • F.P.N.A. 2: 294 (1947)
  • F.T.A. 5: 115 (1899), excl. syn.
  • Fl. Rwanda 3: 450 (1985)
  • K.B. 24: 338 (1970)
  • K.B. 45: 121 & 508 (1990)
  • Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 476 (1997)
  • P.O.A. C: 370 (1895)
  • Pl. Beq. 4: 28 (1926)
  • Trans. Linn. Soc. 29: 128, t. 85 (1875)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2007 Mwangoka, M.A.; Nyundo, F.; Daud, A. [4248] Tanzania K000438400 No
May 1, 2007 Mwangoka, M.A.; Ramadhani, M. [4055] Tanzania K000438401 No
Jan 1, 1987 Schweinfurth, G. [303] Eritrea K000394660 Lectotype Yes
s.coll. [13965] Angola K001009663 Yes
Speke; Grant [135] Uganda K000394650 Syntype Yes
s.coll. [13965] Angola K000508525 Yes
Carson, A. [14] Zimbabwe K004708319 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [18394] Malawi K004708317 Yes
Speke; Grant [685] Uganda K000394649 Lectotype Yes
Bridson, D. [227] Rwanda K:SPC-41692.000 No
Carson, A. [34] Zimbabwe K004708320 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F6674] Zambia K004708318 Yes
Ash [151] Ethiopia K:SPC-51056.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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