Acanthaceae
Dianthera

Dianthera comata L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 1: 850 (1758)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a subshrub or helophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Malaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [Cited as Justicia comata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Daniel, T.F. (2007 publ. 2008). Notes on the distributions of some Mexican Acanthaceae. Ibugana 15: 13-22.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(1): 1-904. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Marchioretto, M.S., Pires da Silva, V.R.S. & Parode, M.F. (2015). A família Acanthaceae Juss. no Rio Grande do Sul. Pesquisas: Botanica 68: 7-82.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Strudwick, J.J. [4092] Brazil Justicia acuminata K001033123 Yes
Lowrie, S.R. [588] Brazil Justicia acuminata K001033124 Yes
Calderon, C.E. [2839] Brazil Justicia acuminata K001033125 Yes
Prance, G.T. [12002] Brazil Justicia acuminata K001033122 Yes
Prance, G.T. [13411] Brazil Justicia acuminata K001033126 Yes
Jun 18, 2012 Sello [76] Brazil Justicia comata K000529314 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil Justicia comata K000529192 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil Justicia comata K000529194 Type Yes
Mar 1, 1998 Sinclair [s.n.] Justicia comata K000529189 Holotype Yes
Mar 1, 1998 Sinclair [s.n.] Justicia comata K000529187 Isotype Yes
Mar 1, 1998 Schomburgk [305] Guyana Justicia comata K000529190 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Linden, J. [1633] Mexico Justicia comata K000064622 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Matuda, E. [2156] Mexico Justicia comata K000064621 No
Jan 1, 1980 Schomburgk [305] Brazil Justicia comata K000529195 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Distin [s.n.] Jamaica Justicia comata K000529193 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Hassler, E. [8294] Paraguay Justicia comata K000529184 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Hassler, E. [8294 a] Paraguay Justicia comata K000529183 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hammel, B.; Chavarría, U.; Kriebel, R.; Perez, I. [23529] Costa Rica Justicia comata K001769532 No
Kriebel, R. [2795] Costa Rica Justicia comata K001769508 No
Prance, G.T. [12018] Brazil Justicia comata K001033216 Yes
Hill, S.R. [13177] Brazil Justicia comata K001033224 Yes
Prance, G.T. [16701] Brazil Justicia comata K001033219 Yes
Maas, P.J.M. [P 13138] Brazil Justicia comata K001033217 Yes
Glaziou, A. [15290] Brazil Justicia comata K001033221 Yes
Prance, G.T. [13436/A] Brazil Justicia comata K001033212 Yes
[Martius] [278] Brazil Justicia comata K000529197 Unknown Type Material Yes
Prance, G.T. [14440] Brazil Justicia comata K001033211 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [655] Brazil Justicia comata K001033213 Yes
Harley, R.M. [17444] Brazil Justicia comata K001033220 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Justicia comata K001033229 Yes
Silva, N.T. [58310] Brazil Justicia comata K001033225 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8047] Brazil Justicia comata K001033222 Yes
Pires, J.M. [50993] Brazil Justicia comata K001033210 Yes
Duarte, A.P. [1705] Brazil Justicia comata K001033303 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil Justicia comata K000529191 Unknown Type Material Yes
Prance, G.T. [16819] Brazil Justicia comata K001033214 Yes
Rambo, B. [40634] Brazil Justicia comata K001033226 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [47923] Brazil Justicia comata K001033228 Yes
Berg, C.C. [P17587] Brazil Justicia comata K001033223 Yes
Tweedie [820] Brazil Justicia comata K000529185 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ule, E. [5220] Brazil Justicia comata K001033215 Yes
Hamilton, W.D. [341] Brazil Justicia comata K001033227 Yes
Prance, G.T. [14287] Brazil Justicia comata K001033231 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil Justicia comata K000529186 Unknown Type Material Yes
Berg, C.C. [P/17587] Brazil Justicia comata K001033218 Yes
Saint-Hilaire, A. [s.n.] Brazil Justicia comata K001033232 Yes
Prance, G.T. [13436] Brazil Justicia comata K001033230 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador Justicia comata K000202095 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0