Isoglossa nervosa C.B.Clarke

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 229 (1900)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Nigeria to W. Cameroon, Bioko. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.

Kew Bulletin

  • C. B. Clarke (1900: 229); Heine (1963: 424); Lebrun & Stork (1997: 484); Cable & Cheek (1998: xxxviii); Vollesen (1998: 3). Type: Cameroon, Mt Cameroon, Mann 2009 (lectotype K sheet 1!, selected here; isolectotypes K sheets 2 – 4!).
  • Cable, S. & Cheek, M. (1998). The Plants of Mt Cameroon. A Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Champluvier, D. & Darbyshire, I. (2009). A revision of the genera Brachystephanus and Oreacanthus (Acanthaceae) in tropical Africa. Syst. Geogr. Pl. 79: 115 – 192.
  • Cheek, M. (2004). Foreword. In: M. Cheek, B. J. Pollard, I. Darbyshire, J.-M. Onana, & C. Wild (eds), The Plants of Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mountains, Cameroon. A Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clarke, C. B. (1900). Acanthaceae. In: W. Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Flora of Tropical Africa 5 (2): 227 – 234. L. Reeve & Co., London.
  • Darbyshire, I. (2009). Taxonomic notes and novelties in the genus Isoglossa (Acanthaceae) from east Africa. Kew Bull. 64: 401 – 427.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Hansen, B. (1985). Taxonomic revision of the S. E. Asian species of Isoglossa (Acanthaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 5: 1 – 13.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Heine, H. (1963). Acanthaceae. In: F. N. Hepper (ed.), Flora of West Tropical Africa 2nd ed. 2: 391 – 432. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.
  • IUCN (2009). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. http://www.iucnredlist.org/. Accessed 18 Nov. 2009.
  • IUCN Standards and Petitions Working Group (2008). Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 7.0. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Working Group of the IUCN SSC Biodiversity Assessments Sub-Committee in August 2008. Downloadable from http://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedList/RedListGuidelines.pdf. Accessed 22 March 2010.
  • Kiel, C. A., McDade, L. A., Daneil, T. F. & Champluvier, D. (2006). Phylogenetic delimitation of Isoglossinae (Acanthaceae: Justicieae) and relationships among constituent genera. Taxon 55: 683 – 694.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Lebrun, J.-P. & Stork, A. L. (1997). Énumération des plantes à fleurs d’AfriqueTropicale. Vol. IV — Gamopetales: Clethraceae à Lamiaceae. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la ville de Genève.
  • Lindau, G. (1894). AcanthaceaeAfricanae 2. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 1 – 76.
  • Lindau, G. (1895). Acanthaceae. In: A. Engler & K. Prantl (eds), Die NatürlichenPflanzenfamilien 4(3b): 274 – 354. Engelmann, Leipzig.
  • Poriazis, D. L. & Balkwill, K. (2008). Developmental variation in a species of Isoglossa (Acanthaceae: Ruelliodeae) over a season. Bothalia 38: 131 – 140.
  • Thomas, D. (1996). Synchronously flowering monocarpic Acanthaceae in the montane forests of Cameroon. Acanthus 6: 2.
  • Vollesen, K. & Darbyshire, I. (2004). Acanthaceae. In: M. Cheek, B. J. Pollard, I. Darbyshire, J.-M. Onana, & C. Wild (eds), The Plants of Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mountains, Cameroon. A Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Vollesen, K. & Ghogue, J-P. (2000). Acanthaceae. In: M. Cheek, J.-M. Onana & B. J. Pollard (eds), The Plants of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge, Cameroon. A Conservation Checklist, pp. 111 – 113. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Vollesen, K. (1998). Acanthaceae. In: S. Cable & M. Cheek (eds), The Plants of Mt Cameroon. A Conservation Checklist, pp. 1 – 6. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in F.T.A. 5: 229 (1900).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Pearce, L. & Banks, H. (2011 publ. 2012). The genus Isoglossa (Acanthaceae) in west Africa. Kew Bulletin 66: 425-439. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Munyenyembe, P. [794] Cameroon K000339108 No
Jan 1, 2008 Morton, J.K. [860] Cameroon K000461159 No
Jan 1, 2008 Morton, J.K. [801] Cameroon K000380435 No
Jan 1, 2007 Thomas, D.W. [2626] Cameroon K000380436 No
Jan 1, 2007 Thomas, D.W. [2626] Cameroon K000380437 No
Jan 1, 1998 Cheek, M. [5355] Cameroon K000085450 No
Jan 1, 1993 Thomas, D.W. [9333] Cameroon K000011372 No
Jun 25, 1897 Mann G. [2009] Cameroon K000378755 Type Yes
Jun 25, 1897 Mann G. [2009] Cameroon K000378759 Type Yes
Jun 25, 1897 Mann G. [2009] Cameroon K000378758 Type Yes
Jun 25, 1897 Mann G. [2009] Cameroon K000378757 Type Yes
Johnston, H.H. [63] Cameroon K000378756 Unknown Type Material Yes
Letouzey, R. [8936] Cameroon K000380434 No

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