Dianthera candicans

Dianthera candicans

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: Dianthera
Species: Dianthera candicans

Name

Dianthera candicans (Nees) Benth. & Hooker, J.D. ex Hemsl., (1882).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Adhatoda candicans Nees, A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 396 (1847)
  • Ecbolium candicans (Nees) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 980 (1891)
  • Justicia candicans (Nees) L.D.Benson, L.D.Benson & R.A.Darrow, Trees & Shrubs of Southw. Deserts, ed. 3: 218 (1981)
• Heterotypic
  • Jacobinia candicans Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 1115 (1876)
  • Jacobinia candicans var. subglabra (S.Watson) L.D.Benson, Trees & Shrubs of Southw. Deserts: 413 (1954)
  • Jacobinia ovata A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 405 (1886)
  • Jacobinia ovata var. subglabra S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 67 (1889)
  • Justicia candicans var. subglabra (S.Watson) L.D.Benson, L.D.Benson & R.A.Darrow, Trees & Shrubs of Southw. Deserts, ed. 2: 413 (1954)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona. Regional: Mexico Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Hooker, J.D. ex Hemsley, W.B., (1882). Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 517

Additional references

• Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck, S.G. (eds.) 2013. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): 1–1741. ISBN 978-1-930723-71-9 (issue 1), ISBN 978-1-930723-83-2 (issue 2). Online version at Tropicos. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Dianthera candicans. 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. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Dianthera candicans. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 13 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Dianthera candicans in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 13.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Dianthera candicans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Jun. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Arizona water-willow

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