Acanthaceae
Eranthemum

Eranthemum capense L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 9 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to Myanmar, Sri Lanka. It is a perennial or tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1998). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 12: 1-390. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Stocks, J.E. [11], India K000882629 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2492] Eranthemum montanum K001116186 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2492] Eranthemum montanum K001116188 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2492] Eranthemum montanum K001116187 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2492], India Eranthemum montanum K001116191 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2492], India Eranthemum montanum K001116189 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2492], India Eranthemum montanum K001116190 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2495] Eranthemum wightianum K001116207 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2495], India Eranthemum wightianum K001116209 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2471] Justicia montana K001116150 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2471] Justicia montana K001116149 Yes

Sources

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2023. 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 2023. 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