Acanthaceae

Elytraria Michx.

First published in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 8 (1803)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Siberia, W. Tropical Africa to Kenya, Madagascar, S. India, Sri Lanka, S. U.S.A. to Argentina, Caribbean.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Peru, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Galápagos, Malaya, Philippines, Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bremekamp in Reinwardtia 3: 249 (1955)
  • F.T.A. 5: 27
  • J. K. Morton in Rev. Biologia 1: 49 (1956)
  • Johri & Singh in Bot. Notiser 112: 227 (1959).
  • in Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 8 (1803), nom. cons.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Hossain in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31: 378–380 (1972).
  • Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 8 (1803), conserved name.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • DC., Prodr. 11: 62 (1847)
  • Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 8 (1803), nom. conserv.
  • Not. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 31: 378 (1972)
  • Reinwardtia 3: 249 (1955)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7561] Tanzania K:SPC-02857.000 No
Greenway, P.J.; Rawlins, S.P. [9460] Kenya K:SPC-04231.000 No

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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