Acanthopale (Acanthaceae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Ruellieae
Subtribus: Ruelliinae
Genus: Acanthopale
Species: A. aethiogermanica – A. breviceps – A. confertiflora – A. cuneifolia – A. decempedalis – A. humblotii – A. laxiflora – A. macrocarpa – A. madagascariensis – A. perrieri – A. pubescens – A. ramiflora

Name

Acanthopale C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Africa 5: 62 (1899).

• Type species: Acanthopale laxiflora C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5(1): 63 (1899).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Nigeria. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thiselton-Dyer, W.T. 1899–1900. Flora of Tropical Africa. Vol. 5. Acanthaceae to Plantaginaceae. 546 pp. London. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Acanthopale in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Acanthopale. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 23. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Acanthopale (Acanthaceae).
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Acanthopale. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 23 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Acanthopale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jan. 2021.