Enicostema

Enicostema axillare

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Gentianaceae
Tribus: Potalieae
Subtribus: Faroinae
Genus: Enicostema
Species: E. axillare – E. elizabethae – E. verticillatum

Name

Enicostema Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 14: 848 (1826), nom. cons.

• Type species: Enicostema littorale Blume, Fl. Ned. Ind. 14: 848 (1826) (= Enicostema axillare (Lam.) A.Raynal, Adansonia sér. 2, 9: 75 (1969).)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Adenema G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 201 (1837).
  • Henicostemma Endl., Gen. Pl.: 605 (1838).
  • Hippion F.W.Schmidt, Arch. Bot. [Leipzig] 1: 9 (1796), partim, Spreng., Syst. 1: 505 (1825), partim
  • Lepinema Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 26 (1837).
  • Slevogtia Rchb., Consp. Regn. Veg.: 133 (1828).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Nicaragua. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic (introduced), Leeward Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America Guyana, Venezuela. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Blume, C.L. 1826 ["1825"]. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië. 14 de Stuk. Pp. 731–850. Ter Lands Drukkerij, Batavia. BHL Reference page. : BHL

Additional references

• Veldkamp, J.F. 1968. A synopsis of the genus Enicostema Bl., nom. cons. (Gentianaceae). Blumea 16(1): 133–136. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Enicostema in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Enicostema. Published online. Accessed: Jul 27 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Enicostema. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Jul 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Enicostema. 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 Jul 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Enicostema. Accessed: 27 Jul 2021.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Enicostema. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2017 July 29.

Vernacular names

English: Whitehead

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