Checklist: Acanthaceae

ACANTHACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are either purely cultivated or which are wild species which do not occur in Mozambique have been excluded.

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Asystasia gangetica subsp. micrantha
Literature:   
Balkwill, K. & Welman, W.G. (2000) Acanthaceae. In Leistner, O.A. Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera. Strelitzia 10 34-45  
Leistner, O.A. (2005) Seed plants of southern tropical Africa: families and genera SABONET Report No. 26 SABONET, Pretoria  
Vollesen, K. (2009) Acanthaceae (Part 1) FTEA Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew  
   
NamesFZ Divisions
   
RUNGIA Nees  
   
7908.000 ELYTRARIA Michx.  
Elytraria acaulis (L.f.) Lindau
Justicia acaulis L.f.
Elytraria marginata Vahl
   
7909.000 NELSONIA R. Br.  
Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng.
Justicia canescens Lam.
   
7914.000 THUNBERGIA Retz.  
Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims MS (other?)
Thunbergia crispa Burkill MS (other?)
Thunbergia homblei De Wild.
Thunbergia variabilis De Wild.
Thunbergia gregorii S. Moore
Thunbergia kirkiana T. Anderson
Thunbergia kirkii Hook. f.
Thunbergia lancifolia T. Anderson
Thunbergia petersiana Lindau
Thunbergia swynnertonii S. Moore
Thunbergia schimbensis S. Moore E
Thunbergia stelligera Lindau
Thunbergia subalata Lindau
Thunbergia swynnertonii S. Moore
Thunbergia usambarica Lindau
   
7915.000 PSEUDOCALYX Radlk.  
Pseudocalyx saccatus Radlk. N,MS
Pseudocalyx africanus S. Moore
   
7925.000 BRILLANTAISIA P. Beauv.  
Brillantaisia cicatricosa Lindau MS
Brillantaisia grandidentata S. Moore
Brillantaisia subulugurica Burkill
Brillantaisia ulugurica Lindau
Brillantaisia pubescens T. Anderson ex Oliv. N,T,MS,GI
Brillantaisia anomala Lindau
Hygrophila pubescens T. Anderson ex Oliv.
Brillantaisia riparia (Vollesen & Brummitt) Sidwell N,Z
Brillantaisia pubescens T. Anderson ex Oliv. var. riparia Vollesen & Brummitt
   
7926.000 HYGROPHILA R.Br.  
Hygrophila abyssinica (Hochst. ex Nees) T.Anderson
Polyechma abyssinicum Nees
Synnema hygrophiloides Lindau
Hygrophila cataractae S. Moore
Hygrophila schulli (Buch.-Ham.) M.R. Almeida & S.M. Almeida N,Z,MS,GI
Barleria auriculata Schumach.
Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine
Hygrophila spinosa T. Anderson
Hygrophila spiciformis Lindau
   
7928.000 MELLERA S. Moore  
Mellera lobulata S. Moore N,MS
Mellera angustata Lindau
   
7932.000 PHAULOPSIS Willd.  
Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet
subsp. imbricata Z,MS,M
Aetheilema imbricatum (Forssk.) Spreng.
Ruellia imbricata Forssk.
   
7937.000 MIMULOPSIS Schweinf.  
Mimulopsis solmsii Schweinf.
Mimulopsis sesamoides S. Moore
   
7939.000 DYSCHORISTE Nees  
Dyschoriste albiflora Lindau
Dyschoriste hildebrandtii (S. Moore) S. Moore
Calophanes hildebrandtii S. Moore
Dyschoriste fischeri Lindau
Dyschoriste monroi S. Moore
Dyschoriste nagchana (Nees) Bennet
Diclipteranthus nagchana Nees
Dyschoriste perrottetii (Nees) Kuntze
Dyschoriste radicans sensu auct.
Dyschoriste trichocalyx (Oliv.) Lindau
subsp. verticillaris (C.B. Clarke) Vollesen
Calophanes verticillaris Oliv.
Dyschoriste verticillaris C.B. Clarke
Dyschoriste trichocalyx Lindau
   
7940.000 DUOSPERMA Dayton  
DISPERMA C.B. Clarke  
Duosperma crenatum (Lindau) P.G. Mey. T
Disperma crenatum (Lindau) Milne-Redh.
Hygrophila crenata Lindau
Duosperma dichotomum Vollesen [NrEnd] [VU]N
Duosperma fimbriatum Brummitt N
Duosperma quadrangulare (Klotzsch) Brummitt N,Z,T,MS,GI,M
Disperma dentatum (Klotzsch) C.B.Clarke
Nomaphila quadrangularis Klotzsch
   
7949.000 ACANTHOPALE C.B. Clarke  
Acanthopale pubescens (Lindau) C.B. Clarke MS (other?)
Dischistocalyx pubescens Engl.
   
7965.000 RUELLIA L.  
STEPHANOPHYSUM Pohl  
Ruellia cordata Thunb. MS (other?)
Ruellia ovata C.B.Clarke (p.p.)
Ruellia patula Jacq. ?
Dipteracanthus patulus (Jacq.) Nees
Ruellia prostrata Poir. MS (other?)
Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees
Ruellia otaviensis auct.
Ruellia patula Jacq. var. prostrata (Poir.) Chiov.
   
7971.000 LEPIDAGATHIS Willd.  
Lepidagathis andersoniana Lindau
Lepidagathis sparciceps C.B. Clarke
   
7972.000 CRABBEA Harv.  
Crabbea velutina S. Moore
   
7973.000 BARLERIA L.  
Barleria albostellata C.B. Clarke T
Barleria ameliae A. Meeuse Z,M
Barleria prionitis L. subsp. ameliae (A.Meeuse) Brummitt & J.R.I. Wood
Barleria calophylloides Lindau
subsp. pilosa I.Darbysh. N
Barleria capitata Klotzsch T,MS
Barleria megalosiphon Mildbr.
Barleria crossandriformis C.B.Clarke GI,M
Barleria delagoensis Oberm. MS,GI,M
Barleria prionitis L. subsp. delagoensis (Oberm.) Brummitt & J.R.I. Wood
Barleria elegans C.B. Clarke
subsp. orientalis I.Darbysh. ined. Z,MS,GI,M
Barleria fissimuroides I. Darbysh. ined. [End] MS
Barleria gueinzii Sond. M
Barleria heterotricha Lindau M
Barleria hirta Oberm. MS,M
Barleria laceratiflora Lindau N
Barleria lancifolia T. Anderson GI
Barleria lugardii C.B.Clarke T
Barleria matopensis S.Moore MS,GI
Barleria mutabilis I. Darbysh. ined. N
Barleria fulvostellata C.B. Clarke subsp. scariosa I. Darbysh.
Barleria nyasensis C.B. Clarke N
Barleria obtusa Nees M
Barleria oxyphylla Lindau M
Barleria repens Nees N,Z,MS,GI,M
Barleria rhynchocarpa Klotzsch N
Barleria sacleuxii Benoist
Barleria ukamensis Lindau
Barleria saxatilis Oberm. GI
Barleria senensis Klotzsch T,MS
Barleria setosa (Klotzsch) I. Darbysh. ined. [End] N
Barleria sp. D (near holubii) GI
Barleria spinulosa Klotzsch
subsp. kirkii (T.Anderson) I.Darbysh. ined. T
Barleria kirkii T. Anderson
Barleria spinulosa Klotzsch
subsp. spinulosa N,Z,T,MS
Barleria clivorum C.B. Clarke
Barleria consanguinea Klotzsch
Barleria squarrosa Klotzsch
Barleria taitensis S. Moore
subsp. rogersii (S.Moore) I.Darbysh. ined. GI
Barleria tanzaniana (Brummitt & J.R.I. Wood) I. Darbysh. N
Barleria prionitis L. subsp. tanzaniana Brummitt & J.R.I. Wood
Barleria torrei I. Darbysh. ined. [End] N
Barleria ventricosa Hochst. ex Nees MS
Barleria scindens Oberm.
Barleria vollesenii I.Darbysh. N
Barleria whytei S. Moore N
   
7977.000 NEURACANTHUS Nees  
Neuracanthus africanus T. Anderson ex S. Moore
var. africanus N,T,MS
Barleria sacani Klotzsch ex Lindau
Neuracanthus africanus T. Anderson ex S. Moore
var. limpopoensis Bidgood & Brummitt M
   
7978.000 SCLEROCHITON Harv.  
Sclerochiton coeruleus (Lindau) S. Moore
Sclerochiton harveyanus Nees
Sclerochiton kirkii (T. Anderson) C. B. Clarke
Sclerochiton vogelii (Nees) T. Anderson
subsp. congolanus (De Willd.) Vollesen
   
7980.000 BLEPHARIS Juss.  
Blepharis acanthodioides Klotzsch
Blepharis myresii Oberm.
Blepharis affinis Lindau
Blepharis aspera Oberm.
Blepharis diversispina sensu S. Moore
Blepharis bainesii S. Moore ex C.B. Clarke
Blepharis cataractae S. Moore
Blepharis buchneri Lindau
Blepharis diversispina (Nees) C.B. Clarke
Acanthodium diversispinum Nees
Blepharis grisea S. Moore
Blepharis dunensis Vollesen
Blepharis gazensis Vollesen
Blepharis grandis C.B. Clarke
Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E. Mey. ex Schinz
var. integrifolia
Acanthus integrifolius L.f.
Blepharis setosa Nees
Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E. Mey. ex Schinz
var. clarkei (Schinz) Oberm.
Blepharis involucrata Solms
Blepharis barguirmiensis A. Chev. ex Lindau
Blepharis pinguior C.B. Clarke
Blepharis leendertziae Oberm.
Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Roth MS (other?)
Acanthus maderaspatensis L.
Blepharis boerhaviifolia Pers.
Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Roth subsp. rubiifolia (Schum.) Napper
Blepharis teaguei Oberm.
Blepharis obermeyerae Vollesen
Blepharis panduriformis Lindau
Blepharis pungens Klotzsch N,T,MS
Blepharis madandensis S. Moore
Blepharis subvolubilis C.B.Clarke M?
Blepharis acuminata Oberm.
Blepharis saxatilis Pberm.
Blepharis swaziensis Vollesen
Blepharis tenuiramea S. Moore
Blepharis caloneura S. Moore var. angustifolia Oberm.
Blepharis torrei Vollesen
   
7981.000 ACANTHUS L.  
Acanthus ueleensis De Wild. Z (other?)
Acanthus montanus sensu C.B. Clarke
Acanthus vandermeirenii De Wild.
   
7985.000 CROSSANDRA Salisb.  
Crossandra puberula Klotzsch
Crossandra jashi Lindau
Crossandra pubescens Klotzsch
   
8007.000 ASYSTASIA Blume  
Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson
subsp. micrantha (Nees) Ensermu
Asystasia coromandeliana Nees
Justicia gangetica L.
Asystasia glandulosa Lindau
   
8022.000 RUSPOLIA Lindau  
Ruspolia australis (Milne-Redh.) Vollesen M?
Ruspolia hypocrateriformis (Vahl) Milne-Redh. subsp. australis Milne-Redh.
Ruspolia decurrens (Hochst. ex Nees) Milne-Redh. ?
Eranthemum decurrens Nees
Eranthemum senense Klotzsch
Pseuderanthemum decurrens (Nees) Radlk.
Pseuderanthemum senense (Klotzsch) Radlk.
Ruspolia seticalyx (C.B. Clarke) Milne-Redh. MS (other?)
Eranthemum seticalyx C.B. Clarke
Pseuderanthemum seticalyx (C.B. Clarke) Stapf
   
8024.000 PSEUDERANTHEMUM Radlk.  
Pseuderanthemum subviscosum (C.B. Clarke) Stapf MS
Eranthemum subviscosum C.B. Clarke
   
8030.000 METARUNGIA Baden  
Metarungia longistrobus (C.B. Clarke) C. Baden
   
8031.000 DICLIPTERA Juss.  
PERISTROPHE Nees  
Dicliptera aculeata C.B. Clarke
Dicliptera hensii Lindau
Peristrophe hensii (Lindau) C.B. Clarke
Dicliptera carvalhoi Lindau
Dicliptera clinopodia Nees
Dicliptera nobilis S. Moore
Dicliptera extenta S. Moore
Dicliptera foetida (Forssk.) Blatt.
Dicliptera zeylanica Nees
Dicliptera heterostegia Nees
Dicliptera mossambicensis Klotzsch
Dicliptera melleri Rolfe
Dicliptera minor C.B. Clarke
subsp. divaricata (Compton) I. Darbysh. ined.
Dicliptera paniculata (Forssk.) I. Darbysh.
Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz.) Nees
Peristrophe paniculata (Forssk.) Brummitt
Dicliptera swynnertonii S. Moore
   
8032.000 HYPOESTES Sol. ex R.Br.  
Hypoestes aristata (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
Hypoestes forskaolii (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
Hypoestes verticillaris (L.f.) Roem. & Schult.
   
8048.000 ECBOLIUM Kurz  
Ecbolium amplexicaule S. Moore
Ecbolium clarkei Hiern
var. puberulum Vollesen
   
8054.000 RHINACANTHUS Nees  
Rhinacanthus gracilis Klotzsch
Rhinacanthus communis sensu C.B. Clarke
Rhinacanthus latilabiatus (K. Balkwill) I. Darbysh.
Rhinacanthus rotundifolius C.B. Clarke
Rhinacanthus xerophilus A. Meeuse
   
8061.000 MEGALOCHLAMYS Lindau  
Megalochlamys hamata (Klotzsch) Vollesen
Blechum hamatum Klotzsch
Ecbolium hamatum (Klotzsch) C.B. Clarke
Ecbolium lugardiae N.E. Br.
Megalochlamys strobilifera C.B. Clarke
Megalochlamys revoluta (Lindau) Vollesen
subsp. cognata (N.E. Br.) Vollesen
Ecbolium cognatum N.E. Br.
Ecbolium revoltum (Lindau) C.B. Clarke
Ecbolium schlechteri Lindau
Schwabea revoluta Lindau
   
8063.000 RUTTYA Harv.  
Ruttya ovata Harv.
   
8079.000 ISOGLOSSA Oerst.  
Isoglossa floribunda C.B. Clarke
subsp. floribunda
Isoglossa mossambicensis Lindau T,MS
   
8082.000 BRACHYSTEPHANUS Nees  
OREACANTHUS Benth.  
Brachystephanus africanus S. Moore MS (other?)
Brachystephanus bequaertii De Wild.
   
8094.000 JUSTICIA L.  
ADHATODA Mill.  
BELOPERONE Nees  
JACOBINIA Nees ex Moricand  
MONECHMA Hochst.  
Justicia anagalloides (Nees) T. Anderson
Adhatoda anagalloides Nees
Justicia asystasioides (Lindau) M.E. Steiner Z
Duvernoia asystasioides Lindau
Justicia amabilis (Mildbr.) V.A.W. Graham
Justicia mildbraedii V.A.W.Graham
Thamnojusticia amabilis Mildbr.
Thamnojusticia grandiflora Mildbr.
Justicia betonica L. MS (other?)
Justicia divaricata Nees
Monechma divaricatum (Nees) C.B. Clarke
Justicia elegantula S. Moore
Justicia exigua S. Moore
Justicia flava (Vahl) Vahl MS,GI,M
Justicia glabra ex Roxb.
Justicia heterocarpa T. Anderson
subsp. dinteri (S. Moore) Hedrén
Justicia dinteri S. Moore
Justicia matammensis (Schweinf.) Oliv.
Adhatoda matammensis Schweinf.
Justicia mollugo C.B. Clarke N
Justicia nyassana Lindau N,MS
Justicia petiolaris (Nees) T. Anderson
subsp. bowiei (C.B. Clarke) Immelman
Justicia phyllostachys C.B. Clarke
Justicia protracta (Nees) T. Anderson
subsp. protracta
Gendarussa protracta Nees
Justicia sp. B cf. engleriana Lindau [End] Z?,MS
Justicia striata (Klotzsch) Bullock
subsp. striata var. striata
Adhatoda striata Klotzsch
Justicia striata (Klotzsch) Bullock
subsp. striata var. dyschoristeoides (C.B. Clarke) Hedrén
Justicia dyschoristeoides C.B. Clarke
Justicia tenella (Nees) T. Anderson
Anisostachya tenella (Nees) Lindau
Rostellaria tenella Nees
Rostellularia tenella Nees
   
8096.000 ANISOTES Nees  
Anisotes formosissimus (Klotzsch) Milne-Redh.
Adhatoda formosissima Klotzsch
Macrorungia formosissima (Klotzsch) C.B. Clarke
Symplectochilus formosissimus (Klotzsch) Lindau
Anisotes pubinervis C.B. Clarke Z
Anisotes rogersii S.Moore
Anisotes sessiliflorus (T. Anderson) C.B. Clarke

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Checklist: Acanthaceae.
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