Acanthaceae
Barleria

Barleria shebelleensis Ensermu & I.Darbysh.

First published in Kew Bull. 73(1)-1: 19 (2018 publ. 2017)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia. It grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Somalia

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Bulletin

  • Anderson, T. (1863). An enumeration of the species of Acanthaceae from the continent of Africa and the adjacent islands. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 13 - 54
  • Balkwill, M. J. & Balkwill, K. (1997). Delimitation and infra­generic classification of Barleria ( Acanthaceae). Kew Bull. 52: 535 - 573.
  • Balkwill, M. J. & Balkwill, K. (1998). A preliminary analysis of distribution patterns in a large, pantropical genus, BarleriaL. (Acanthaceae). J. Biogeogr. 25: 95 - 110.
  • Balkwill, M. J. (1993). A reappraisal of the generic limits and subdivision of Barleria L. (Acanthaceae). Unpubl. Ph.D. thesis, University of Witwatersrand, Johan­nesburg.
  • BirdLife International (2017a). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bonga forest. [http://www.birdlife.org. Accessed: June 2017].
  • BirdLife International (2017b). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Metu -Gore - Tepi forests. [http://www.birdlife.org. Accessed: June 2017].
  • BirdLife International (2017c). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Liben plains and Negele woodlands. [http://www.birdlife.org. Accessed: June 2017].
  • Clarke, C. B. (1899). Barleria. In: W. T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. 5: 140 - 169. L. Reeve & Co., London.
  • Darbyshire et al. (2015: 345).
  • Darbyshire, I. & Luke, Q. (2016). Barleriamirabilis (Acanthaceae): a remarkable new tree species from west Tanzania. Kew Bull. 17: 13 (6 pages).
  • Darbyshire, I. (2009).Areassessmentofthestatusof Barleria sect. Cavirostrata ( Acanthaceae)intropicalAfrica,witha new species, B. richardsiae, described from the Tanzania- Zambia border region. Kew Bull. 63: 601 - 611.
  • Darbyshire, I. (2010). Barleria. In: H. J. Beentje (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. Acanthaceae (Part 2), pp. 325 - 442. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I. (2015). Barleria. In: J. R. Timberlake & E. S. Martins(eds), FloraZambesiaca8(6): 37 -122. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I. , Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering,H. (2015). ThePlantsofSudanandSouthSudan. An annotated checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Ensermu Kelbessa (2010). Acanthaceae (Part 2). In: H. Beentje (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ensermu Kelbessa (1982). A palynological-taxonomic study of the genus Asystasia and a palynological study of some related genera in the Acanthaceae. M.Sc. thesis, Addis Ababa University.
  • Ensermu Kelbessa (1989a). Two new species of Justicia sect. Ansellia (Acanthaceae) from E and NE tropical Africa. Nordic J. Bot. 9: 399 - 404.
  • Ensermu Kelbessa (1989b). A new species of Asystasia(Acanthaceae) from Ethiopia. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 59: 413 - 418.
  • Ensermu Kelbessa (1990). Justicia sect. Ansellia (Acanthaceae). Symb. Bot. Upsal. 29(2): 1 - 96.
  • Ensermu Kelbessa (1993).Studiesinthegenus Asystasia(Acanthaceae) in Africa I: two new species from tropical Africa. Opera Bot.121:153-158.
  • Ensermu Kelbessa (1994). A revision of Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anders.(Acanthaceae).In:J.H.Seyani&A.C. Chikuni (eds), Proceedings of the 13th Plenary Meeting of AETFAT, Zomba, Malawi, 2 -11 April 1991. Vol. 1. Plants for People, pp. 333 - 346. National Herbarium and Botanic Garden of Malawi, Zomba.
  • Ensermu Kelbessa (1998).Studiesinthegenus Asystasia(Acanthaceae) in Africa II: further new species. Kew Bull. 53: 929 - 935.
  • Ensermu Kelbessa (2006). Acanthaceae. In: I. Hedberg et al.(eds), Flora ofEthiopia & Eritrea,vol.5:345- 495. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University & The Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala University.
  • Ensermu Kelbessa (2009). Three new species of Acanthaceae from Ethiopia. Kew Bull. 64: 57 - 65.
  • Ensermu Kelbessa, Brummitt, R. K. & Furness, C. A. (1992). A reconsideration of Asystasiella Lindau (Acanthaceae). Kew. Bull. 47: 669 - 675.
  • Hedberg, I., Ensermu Kelbessa, Edwards, S., Sebsebe Demissew & Persson, E. (eds) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia & Eritrea, vol. 5. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University & The Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala University.
  • Hedren, M. (2006a). Barleria. In: M. Thulin (ed.), Flora of Somalia,vol.3:427- 442. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedren, M. (2006b). New species and combinations in Acanthaceae from Somalia. Willdenowia. 36: 751 - 759.
  • IUCN (2012). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 3.1. Second Edition. IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland & Cambridge.
  • IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee (2017). Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 13. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Subcommittee. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf. Accessed: June 2017].
  • Michalscheck, M., Petersen, G. & Gadein, H. (2016). Impacts of rising water demands in the Juba and Shabelle river basins on water availability in south Somalia. Hydrological Sci. J. 61: 1877 - 1889.
  • Sebsebe Demissew, Bytebier, B., etal. (2016). Professor Ensermu Kelbessa. J. East African Nat. Hist. 105: 203 - 211.
  • Thieme, M. L., Abell, R., Stiassny, M. L. J., Skelton, P., Lehner,B.,Teugels,G.G.,Dinerstein,E.,Toham,A. K., Burgess, N. & Olson, D. (2005). FreshwaterEcoregions of Africa and Madagascar. A conservation assessment. World Wildlife Fund; Island Press, Washington.
  • Vivero, J. L., Ensermu Kelbessa & Sebsebe Demissew (2005). TheRedListofEndemicTreesandShrubsofEthiopia and Eritrea. Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge.
  • Vivero, J. L., Ensermu Kelbessa & Sebsebe Demissew (2006). Progress on the Red List of plants of Ethiopia and Eritrea: conservation and biogeography of endemic flowering taxa. In: S. A. Ghazanfar & H. J. Beentje (eds), Taxonomy and Ecology of African Plant, their Conservatino and Sus­tainable Use. Proceedings ofthe 17th AETFAT Congress, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 761 - 778. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University.
  • Vollesen, K. & Ensermu Kelbessa (2010). Asystasia. In: H. J. Beentje (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. Acanthaceae (Part 2), pp. 325 - 442. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J. R. I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Kuchar, P. [17588] Somalia K000963626 Holotype Yes
Kuchar, P. [17588] Somalia K000963627 Isotype Yes

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    • 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/
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