Nicoteba betonica

Nicoteba betonica

Nicoteba betonica

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: Nicoteba
Species: Nicoteba betonica

Name

Nicoteba betonica (L.) Lindau, 1893

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Adhatoda betonica (L.) Nees, N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 103 (1832)
  • Ecbolium betonica (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 487 (1891)
  • Justicia betonica L., Sp. Pl.: 15 (1753)
• Heterotypic
  • Adhatoda arenaria Nees, N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 103 (1832)
  • Adhatoda cheiranthifolia Nees, A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 387 (1847)
  • Adhatoda lupulina Nees, A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 385 (1847)
  • Adhatoda ramosissima Nees, N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 103 (1832)
  • Adhatoda trinervia (Vahl) Nees, N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 103 (1832)
  • Adhatoda variegata Nees, A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 385 (1847)
  • Adhatoda variegata var. pallidior Nees, A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 385 (1847)
  • Dicliptera lupulina C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 525 (1845)
  • Dicliptera trinervia Juss., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 169 (1807)
  • Ecbolium trinervium (Vahl) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 981 (1891)
  • Gendarussa arenaria Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 668 (1840)
  • Gendarussa betonica Nees ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 668 (1840), not validly publ.
  • Gendarussa ramosissima (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 668 (1840)
  • Gendarussa trinervia Nees ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 668 (1840)
  • Gendarussa variegata Hochst. ex Nees, A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 385 (1847)
  • Justicia antidota Sm. ex T.Anderson, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 118 (1863)
  • Justicia betonica var. villosa C.B.Clarke, J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 525 (1885)
  • Justicia betonicifolia Nees, A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 430 (1847)
  • Justicia cheiranthifolia (Nees) C.B.Clarke, W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(1): 58 (1901)
  • Justicia lupulina E.Mey., J.F.Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 195 (1843)
  • Justicia pallidior (Nees) C.B.Clarke, W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(1): 58 (1901)
  • Justicia pallidior var. cooperi C.B.Clarke, W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(1): 58 (1901)
  • Justicia pseudobetonica Roth, J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 1: 160 (1817)
  • Justicia ramosissima Roxb. ex Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn., Suppl.: 112 (1819)
  • Justicia trinervia Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 156 (1804)
  • Justicia uninervis S.Moore, J. Bot. 46: 74 (1908)
  • Justicia variegata (Nees) Martelli, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 20: 393 (1888), nom. illeg.
  • Nicoteba trinervia (Vahl) Lindau, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 56 (1893)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, ?Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Mali, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Angola, South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana Continental:Asia India (throughout), Sri Lanka, Malesia Introduced into: Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Guyana, Hawaii, New Caledonia, Panamá, Solomon Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindau, G., 1893. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 56

Additional references

• Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Nicoteba betonica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Nicoteba betonica. 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 November 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Nicoteba betonica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 November 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Nicoteba betonica. Published online. Accessed: November 08 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Paper plume, Squirrel's tail, White shrimp plant

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