Family:
Acanthaceae Juss.
Genus:
Pseuderanthemum Radlk.

Pseuderanthemum tunicatum (Afzel.) Milne-Redh.

This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Tropical Africa to SW. Ethiopia and Angola, Seychelles, Comoros.

[FWTA]

Acanthaceae, H. Heine. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
A woody herb or undershrub of the forest, 1-2 ft. high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Pale bluish or lilac or nearly white flowers, spotted on the lip, 1-11/2 in. long including the corolla-lobes and slender tube.

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Comoros, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre

Pseuderanthemum tunicatum (Afzel.) Milne-Redh. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2014 Dauby, G.et al. [GD 914], Gabon K000662488 No
Aug 1, 2009 Nana felicite [53], Cameroon K000023341 No
Oct 1, 2008 Satabie, B. [1053], Cameroon K000518860 No
Oct 1, 2008 Cable, S. [2298], Cameroon K000518859 No
Oct 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [8125], Cameroon K000518882 No
May 1, 2005 Tadjouteu, F. [598], Cameroon K000199783 No
May 1, 2005 Darbyshire, I. [184], Cameroon K000199785 No
May 1, 2005 Darbyshire, I. [293], Cameroon K000199784 No
Feb 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [11544], Cameroon K000199782 No
Jan 1, 2002 Ryan, P. [305], Cameroon K000109381 No
Jan 1, 1997 Sonké, B. [1176], Cameroon K000085463 No
Jan 1, 1997 Ekema, N. [1189], Cameroon K000436540 No
Jan 1, 1997 Ekema, N. [1189], Cameroon K000436738 No
Dec 1, 1995 Cable, S. [860], Cameroon K000011426 No
Dec 1, 1995 Cable, S. [760], Cameroon K000011429 No
Jan 1, 1994 Cable, S. [354], Cameroon K000011425 No
Jan 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [5861], Cameroon K000011428 No
Jan 1, 1994 Watts, J. [660], Cameroon K000011427 No
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [617], Cameroon K000011430 No
Jan 1, 1994 Cable, S. [453], Cameroon K000011424 No
Jan 1, 1993 Tekwe, C. [7], Cameroon K000011431 No
Jan 1, 1992 Jaff, B. [63], Cameroon K000011423 No
Jan 1, 1990 Manning, S.D. [1070], Cameroon K000029387 No
Jan 1, 1988 Thomas, D.W. [6687], Cameroon K000029389 No
Jan 1, 1987 Thomas, D.W. [4304], Cameroon K000029386 No
Apr 1, 1960 Hepper, F.N. [1880], Cameroon K000029385 No
Jan 1, 1924 Stammler [561], Cameroon K000029384 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8833], Nigeria 2926.000 No
Drummond, R.B. [1125], Kenya 2927.000 No
Barter [3300], Nigeria K000394730 Unknown type material Yes
Etuge, M. [386], Cameroon K000029377 No
[Unknown] [156], Bioko K000394838 Yes
Olorunfemi, J. [FHI 30574], Cameroon K000029381 No
Preuss, P.R. [1366], Cameroon K000029383 No
Preuss, P.R. [1108], Cameroon K000029382 No

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 264 (1936)

Accepted by

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Berhaut, J. (1971). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 1: 1-626. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Castle, G.E. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. Orstom Editions.
  • Daniel, T.F. (2014). Taxonomy of Anisotes Nees (Acanthaceae: Justicieae) in the Comoros archipelago and a preliminary list of Acanthaceae in the islands Candollea 69: 45-54.
  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo) Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 1936: 264, fig. 6, 2 (1936).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Berhaut, J. (1971). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 1: 1-626. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Castle, G.E. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. Orstom Editions.
  • Daniel, T.F. (2014). Taxonomy of Anisotes Nees (Acanthaceae: Justicieae) in the Comoros archipelago and a preliminary list of Acanthaceae in the islands Candollea 69: 45-54.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo) Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

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