Acanthaceae

Brachystephanus Nees

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 511 (1847)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa, Madagascar.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Champluvier, D. & Darbyshire, I. (2009). A revision of the genera Brachystephanus and Oreacanthus (Acanthaceae) in tropical Africa. Systematics and Geography of Plants 79: 115-192.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 5: 177.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in De Candolle, Prodr. 11: 511 (1847).
  • —Champluvier & Darbyshire in Syst. Geogr. Pl. 79: 115–192 (2009).
  • —Figueiredo in Kew Bull. 51: 753–763 (1996).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Troupin, G. [3014] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-04215.000 No
S.Coll. [AG 897] Angola K001611197 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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