Hypoestes forskaolii

Hypoestes forskaolii

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: Justicieae
Subtribus: Justiciinae
Genus: Hypoestes
Species: Hypoestes forskaolii
Subspecies: H. f. subsp. forskaolii – H. f. subsp. hildebrandtii

Name

Hypoestes forskaolii (Vahl) R.Br., 1814

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Hypoestes paniculata Schweinf., Arab. Pfl.-Nam.: 144 (1912), nom. superfl.
  • Hypoestes verticillaris var. forskaolii (Vahl) Benoist, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 246 (1942)
  • Justicia forskaolii Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 2 (1790)
  • Justicia paniculata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 4 (1775), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa & Arabia Saudita Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. in H.Salt, 1814. Voyage to Abyssinia, and travels into the ... App.: lxiii. 1814.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Hypoestes forskaolii. 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. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Hypoestes forskaolii. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 12 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Hypoestes forskaolii in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 12.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Hypoestes forskaolii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jun. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: White ribbon bush

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