Acanthaceae
Dicliptera

Dicliptera colorata C.B.Clarke

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 260 (1900)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Rwanda to N. Malawi. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I. (2008 publ. 2009). Notes on the genus Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) in Eastern Africa. Kew Bulletin 63: 361-383. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Flora Zambesiaca 8(6): 1-314. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Masharabu, T., Bigendako, M.J., Lejoly, J., Nkengurutse, J., Noret, N., Bizuru, E. & Bogaert, J. (2010). Etude analytique de la flore et de la végétation du Parc National de la Ruvubu, Burundi. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 4: 834-856.

Kew Bulletin

  • Agnew, A. D. Q. & Agnew, S. (1994). Upland Kenya Wild Flowers. Second edition. East Africa Natural History Society, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Balkwill, K. (1985). Taxonomic studies in the tribe Justicieae of the family Acanthaceae. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
  • Beentje, H. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs & Lianas. National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Brenan, J. P. M. & Collaborators (1954). Plants Collected by the Vernay Nyasaland Expedition of 1946. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9: 1 – 132.
  • Champluvier, D. (1985) Acanthaceae. pp. 422 – 492. In: G. Troupin (ed.), Fl. Rwanda, Spermatophytes, Vol. 3. Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et Technique, Musee Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.
  • Clarke, C. B. (1900). Dicliptera. pp. 256 – 261. In: I. H. Burkill & C. B. Clarke (1899 – 1900) Acanthaceae. pp. 1 – 262. In: W. T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Flora of Tropical Africa 5. L. Reeve & Co., London.
  • Darbyshire, I. & Vollesen, K. (2007). The transfer of the genus Peristrophe to Dicliptera (Acanthaceae), with a new species described from eastern Africa. Kew Bull. 62: 119 – 128.
  • Ensermu Kelbessa. (2006). Acanthaceae. pp. 345 – 495. In: I. Hedberg, Ensermu Kelbessa, S. Edwards, S. Demissew & E. Persson (eds.), Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea Vol. 5: Gentianaceae to Cyclocheilaceae. Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & Swedish Science Press,
  • Friis, I. & Vollesen, K. (2005). Flora of the Sudan-Uganda border area east of the Nile. II. Catalogue of vascular plants, 2nd part, vegetation and phytogeography. Biol. Skr. 51: 2.
  • Gilli, A. (1973). Beiträge zur flora von Tanganyika und Kenya. IV. Sympetalae (ohne Compositae). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 77: 15 – 57.
  • Hutchinson, J. & Bruce, E. A. (1941). Enumeration of the plants collected by Mr. J. B. Gillett in Somaliland and eastern Abyssinia. Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1941: 76 – 199.
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.
  • Lanza, D. (1910). Acanthaceae. pp. 66 – 70. In: D. Lanza & G. E. Mattei, Plantae Erythraeae a L. Senni annis 1905 – 1907 lectae. Palermo.
  • Lindau, G. (1894). Beiträge zur flora von Afrika. IX. Acanthaceae africanae II. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 1 – 76.
  • Mildbraed, J. (1934). Neue und seltene Arten aus Ostafrika (Tanganyika-Territ. Mandat) leg. H. J. Schlieben, V. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 1058 – 1092.
  • Milne-Redhead, E. (1937). Dicliptera arenaria & Dicliptera nemorum. In: Anonymous, Tropical African Plants: XVII. Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1937: 411 – 432.
  • Moore, S. le M. (1911a). Alabastra Diversa Part XXI. Acanthaceae Africanae Novae. J. Bot. 49: 293 – 298 & 305 – 313.
  • Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. D. (1847). Acanthaceae. In: A. de Candolle (ed.), Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 46 – 519. Masson, Paris, France.
  • Oliver, D. (1875). The Botany of the Speke and Grant expedition. Part III. Dicotyledones (concluded). Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 104 – 151.
  • Raynal, J. & Raynal, A. (1967). Contribution a la connaissance de la flore Sénégalaise. Adansonia, ser. 2, 7: 301 – 355.
  • Robyns, W. (1943). Sympétales nouvelles de la région du Parc National Albert (Congo Belge). Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 65 – 107.
  • Scotland, R. W. & Vollesen, K. (2000). Classification of Acanthaceae. Kew Bull. 55: 513 – 589.
  • Speke, J. H. (1863). Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. W. Blackwood & sons, Edinburgh & London.
  • Turrill, W. B. (1911). Dicliptera rogersii. In: Anonymous, Diagnoses Africanae: XLIV. Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1911: 313 – 319.
  • Vollesen, K. (1980). Annotated check-list of the vascular plants of the Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania. Opera Bot. 59: 1 – 117.
  • Winter, P. (2005). Acanthaceae. pp. 48 – 54. In: J. E. Burrows & C. K. Willis (eds.), Plants of the Nyika Plateau: an account of the vegetation of the Nyika National Parks of Malawi and Zambia. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31, S
  • ____ (1895). Acanthaceae. pp. 365 – 374. In: A. Engler (ed.), Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete. Berlin, Germany.
  • ____ (1901). Acanthaceae. In: W. T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Flora Capensis 5: 1 – 92. L. Reeve & Co., London.
  • ____ (1911b). A contribution to our knowledge of the flora of Gazaland. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 1 – 245.
  • ____ (1914). Acanthaceae. pp. 291 – 310. In: J. Mildbraed (ed.), Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907 – 1908, Band II (Botanik). Leipzig, Germany.
  • ____ (1919). Alabastra Diversa Pt. XXXI. 1. Miscellanea Africana. J. Bot. 57: 212 – 219 & 244 – 251.
  • ____ (1937). Neue und seltene Acanthaceen aus dem oestlichen belgischen Kongo. Bull. Jard. Bot. État. Bruxelles 14: 353 – 362.
  • ____ (1996). A synopsis of Peristrophe (Acanthaceae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 26: 83 – 93.
  • ____, Getliffe-Norris, F. & Balkwill, M.-J. (1988). Taxonomic studies in the Acanthaceae: the Peristrophe grandibracteata complex. S. African J. Bot. 54: 47 – 54.
  • ____, Getliffe-Norris, F. & Balkwill, M.-J. (1996). Systematic studies in the Acanthaceae; Dicliptera in southern Africa. Kew Bull. 51: 1 – 61.
  • ____, Getliffe-Norris, F. & Schoonraad, E. (1986). Taxonomic studies in the Acanthaceae: tests microsculpturing in southern African species of Peristrophe. S. African J. Bot. 52: 513 – 520.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in F.T.A. 5: 260 (1900), in part excl. Scott-Elliot 6766.
  • —Darbyshire in Kew Bull. 63: 381 (2009).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I. (2008 publ. 2009). Notes on the genus Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) in Eastern Africa. Kew Bulletin 63: 361-383. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Masharabu, T., Bigendako, M.J., Lejoly, J., Nkengurutse, J., Noret, N., Bizuru, E. & Bogaert, J. (2010). Etude analytique de la flore et de la végétation du Parc National de la Ruvubu, Burundi. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 4: 834-856.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1985). Flora du Rwanda 3: 1-729. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Whyte, A. [s.n.] K000378990 Type Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] K000378991 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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 Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
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  • 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