Acanthaceae
Dianthera

Dianthera secunda (Lam.) Griseb.

First published in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 246 (1857)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Caribbean to Venezuela and Ecuador. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Leeward Is., Panamá, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Benin, Bermuda, El Salvador, Gabon, Guatemala

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter D: 1-30141. [Cited as Justicia secunda.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2024). www.phytoneuron.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/47PhytoN-ElSalvadorAdicions.pdf. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Britton, N. (1918). Flora of Bermuda: 1-585. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Lachenaud, O. & al. (2018). Novitates Gabunensis 88. Plant ecology and evolution 151: 393-422.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Anderson [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago Justicia secunda K005430466 Yes
de Granville, J.-J.; Billiet, F.; Crozier, F.; Dutreve, B.; Gonzalès, S.; Jadin, B. [14468] French Guiana Justicia secunda K005252147 Yes
Prévost, M.-F. [3876] French Guiana Justicia secunda K005252146 Yes
Philcox, D.; Kalloo, B.; Jurawan, R. [7409] Trinidad and Tobago Justicia secunda K005430468 Yes
s.coll. [5259] Guyana Justicia secunda K005252143 Yes
de Schach, B. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago Justicia secunda K005430461 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P6123] Trinidad and Tobago Justicia secunda K005430467 Yes
Feuillet, C. [1704] French Guiana Justicia secunda K005252139 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Feuillet, C.; Hiepko, P.; Skog, L.E.; ter Welle, B.J.H. [240] Guyana Justicia secunda K005252141 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [s.n.] Grenada Justicia secunda K005430465 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6007] Trinidad and Tobago Justicia secunda K005430460 Yes
Schomburgk, R. [134] Guyana Justicia secunda K005252142 Yes
Wurdack, K.J.; Redden, K.M.; Rodriguez, A.; Perry, C.; Ragnauth, P. [4733] Guyana Justicia secunda K005252140 Yes
Schomburgk [190] Guyana Justicia secunda K005252145 Yes
Seemann [239] Guyana Justicia secunda K005252150 Yes
Harris, S.A. [TB320] Guyana Justicia secunda K005252148 Yes
[Loehhant] [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago Justicia secunda K005430463 Yes
Broadway [6007] Trinidad and Tobago Justicia secunda K005430462 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guyana Justicia secunda K005252149 Yes
Fendler, A. [535] Trinidad and Tobago Justicia secunda K005430464 Yes
s.coll. [CAP6] Guyana Justicia secunda K005252144 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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