Pachystachys spicata

Pachystachys spicata

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: Tetrameriinae
Genus: Pachystachys
Species: Pachystachys spicata

Name

Pachystachys spicata (Ruiz & Pav.) Wassh., 1986.

Synonyms

Basionym

• Justicia spicata Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. 1: 8, t. 9. 1798.

Heterotypic

• Pachystachys asperula Nees, Prodr. (DC.) 11: 320. 1847.
• Justicia coccinea Willd. ex Nees, Prodr. (Candolle) 11: 320. 1847, nom. inval.
• Justicia coccinea Hort.Berol. ex Nees, Prodr. (Candolle) 11: 431, 729. 1847, nom. inval.
• Pachystachys riedeliana Nees, Fl. Bras. (Martius) 9: 99. 1847.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Colombia (Caquet, Meta, Valle), N-Brazil (Para, Amazonas, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Bahia), SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Venezuela (Amazonas, Sucre, Yaracuy), Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando), Cuba, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Isla Margarita References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Wasshausen, D.C., Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99:175. 1986

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Pachystachys spicata. 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. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Pachystachys spicata. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 16 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Pachystachys spicata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 16.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Pachystachys spicata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jun. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pachystachys spicata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: cardinal's-guard

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