Acanthaceae

Rhinacanthus Nees

First published in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 76 (1832)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, China South-Central, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

China Southeast, Hainan, Mauritius, Réunion

Accepted Species

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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 5: 224.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 76 (1832).
  • —Darbyshire & Harris in Kew Bull. 61: 401–418 (2006).
  • —Nees in De Candolle, Prodr. 11: 442 (1847).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 10, 2015 Tsang, W.T. [29922] Vietnam K000939271 Yes
Onjalalaina, G.E. [OLG 1112] Madagascar K000936622 Yes
Roxburgh [s.n.] India K000884363 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bojer [s.n.] Madagascar K000378865 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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