Elytraria imbricata

Taxonavigation

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

Elytraria imbricata (Vahl) Pers., 1805

Homotypic
- Elytraria tridentata Vahl in Enum. Pl. 1: 107 (1804), nom. superfl.
- Justicia imbricata Vahl in Eclog. Amer. 1: 1 (1797)
Heterotypic
- Dicliptera ramentacea Spreng. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 64 (1847)
- Elytraria amara Blanco in Fl. Filip. ed. 2.: 8 (1845)
- Elytraria apargiifolia Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 65 (1847)
- Elytraria caulescens Ledeb. in Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1820: 1 (1820)
- Elytraria fasciculata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 235 (1818)
- Elytraria frondosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 116 (1817)
- Elytraria microstachya Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 114 (1855)
- Elytraria pachystachya Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 116 (1855)
- Elytraria ramosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 235 (1818)
- Elytraria scorpioides Schult. in Mant. 1: 128 (1822)
- Elytraria squamosa (Jacq.) Lindau in Anales Inst. Fís.-Geogr. Nac. Costa Rica 8: 299 (1895)
- Elytraria tridentata var. caulescens Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 13 (1847)
- Elytraria tridentata var. wrightii M.Gómez in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 280 (1894)
- Tubiflora pachystachya (Oerst.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 500 (1891)
- Tubiflora squamosa (Jacq.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 500 (1891)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northwest
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Aruba, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad-Tobago
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, Venezuela
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southern Central USA
  - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Introduced into:
  - Galápagos, Madagascar, Philippines, Vietnam

Persoon, C.H. 1805. Synopsis Plantarum: seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars prima. XII+546 pp. Apud Carol. Frid. Cramerum, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J.G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1:23.

Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Elytraria imbricata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Elytraria imbricata. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Elytraria imbricata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Nov. 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Elytraria imbricata. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Elytraria imbricata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: purple scalystem

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