Rhinacanthus virens

Rhinacanthus virens

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: Rhinacanthus
Species: Rhinacanthus virens

Name

Rhinacanthus virens (Nees) Milne-Redh., 1956

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Leptostachya virens Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 378 (1847)
• Heterotypic
  • Pseuderanthemum lindavianum De Wild. & T.Durand in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 38: 104 (1899)
  • Rhinacanthus dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 38: 105 (1899)
  • Rhinacanthus minimus S.Moore in J. Bot. 58: 47 (1920)
  • Rhinacanthus parviflorus T.Anderson ex De Wild. & T.Durand in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 38: 106 (1899)
  • Rhinacanthus subcaudatus C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 225 (1900)
  • Siphonoglossa rubra S.Moore in J. Bot. 44: 88 (1906)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola Regional: Western Africa Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: Central Africa Central African Repu, Congo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre Regional: Eastern Africa Tanzania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H. in A.W.Exell, 1956. Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé, Suppl.: 37

Additional references

• Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Rhinacanthus virens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Rhinacanthus virens. 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 10. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Rhinacanthus virens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 November 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Rhinacanthus virens. Published online. Accessed: November 10 2022.

Vernacular names

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