Acanthaceae
Lankesteria

Lankesteria barteri Hook.f.

First published in Bot. Mag. 91: t. 5533 (1865)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Nigeria to Cameroon. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Nigeria

Introduced into:

Trinidad-Tobago

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bot. Mag. 91: t. 5533 (1865)
  • F.T.A. 5: 70.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1990 Manning, S.D. [1519] Cameroon K000029144 No
Jan 1, 1988 Etuge, M. [472] Cameroon K000029142 No
Jan 1, 1988 Thomas, D.W. [3380] Cameroon K000029145 No
Jan 1, 1987 Thomas, D.W. [5150] Cameroon K000029143 No
Jun 1, 1979 Lowe J. [3792] Cameroon K000029147 No
Aug 1, 1961 Gregory, H. [249] Cameroon K000029150 No
Mar 1, 1960 Binuyo, A. [FHI 35056] Cameroon K000029149 No
Jan 25, 1897 [Barter] [3381] Nigeria K000394032 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rudatis, H. [1] Cameroon K000029146 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [9055] Nigeria K:SPC-02902.000 No
Keay, R.W.J. [37519] Cameroon K000029148 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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 2026. 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 2026. 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