Eremomastax speciosa

Eremomastax speciosa

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: Ruellieae
Subtribus: Mimulopsidinae
Genus: Eremomastax
Species: Eremomastax speciosa

Name

Eremomastax speciosa (Hochst.) Cufod., 1964

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Paulo-wilhelmia speciosa Hochst. in Flora 27(1 Beibl.): 5 (1844)
• Heterotypic
  • Eremomastax crossandriflora Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 8 (1894)
  • Eremomastax polysperma (Benth.) Dandy in F.W.Andrews, Fl. Pl. Sudan 3: 174 (1956)
  • Paulo-wilhelmia decaryi Benoist in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 136 (1939)
  • Paulo-wilhelmia elata Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 400 (1913)
  • Paulo-wilhelmia glabra Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 115 (1895)
  • Paulo-wilhelmia polysperma Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 479 (1849)
  • Paulo-wilhelmia pubescens Lindau in Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 49 (1908)
  • Paulo-wilhelmia sclerochiton (S.Moore) Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 105 (1893)
  • Paulo-wilhelmia togoensis Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 105 (1893)
  • Ruellia sclerochiton S.Moore in J. Bot. 18: 7 (1880)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Benin, Togo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Central African Republic, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), South Sudan, Madagascar, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Cameroon, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Sudan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cufodontis, G., Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 34, Suppl.: 931. 1964.

Additional references

• Hooker, W.J. (ed.) 1849. Niger Flora. [...] including Webb, P.B.: Spicilegia Gorgonea, and Hooker, J.D. & Bentham, G.: Flora Nigritiana. London: H. Bailliere. BHL Reference page. 
• Lindau, G. 1893. Acanthaceae africanae. I. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 17(1–2): 89–113. BHL Reference page. 
• Lindau, G. 1894. Acanthaceae africanae. II. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 20(1–2): 1–76. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Eremomastax speciosa. 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. 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Eremomastax speciosa. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 20 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Eremomastax speciosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 20. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Eremomastax speciosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Jun. 2018.

Vernacular names

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