Elytraria acaulis

Elytraria acaulis

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: Nelsonioideae
Genus: Elytraria
Species: Elytraria acaulis

Name

Elytraria acaulis (L.f.) Lindau, 1897

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Elytraria indica Pers. in Syn. Pl. 1: 23 (1805), nom. superfl.
  • Justicia acaulis L.f. in Suppl. Pl.: 84 (1782)
  • Justicia nudicaulis Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 39 (1791), nom. superfl.
  • Tubiflora acaulis (L.f.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 500 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Elytraria acaulis var. lyrata (Vahl) Bremek. in Reinwardtia 3: 251 (1955)
  • Elytraria crenata Vahl in Enum. Pl. 1: 106 (1804)
  • Elytraria crenata var. lyrata (Vahl) Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 63 (1847)
  • Elytraria lyrata (Vahl) Vahl in Enum. Pl. 1: 106 (1804)
  • Justicia acaulis var. lyrata Vahl in Symb. Bot. 2: 3 (1791)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Angola, Botswana, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa (Limpopo), Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana Continental:Africa Sri Lanka, India (E-Himalaya, E-India, N-India, peninsular India, Upper Gangetic plains References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Lindau, G., 1897. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien II–IV: 304.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Elytraria acaulis. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Elytraria acaulis. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 25 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Elytraria acaulis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Elytraria acaulis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jun. 2018. }

Vernacular names

தமிழ்: நிலக்கடம்பு

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