Whitfieldia

Whitfieldia elongata

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: Whitfieldieae
Subtribus: Whitfieldiinae
Genus: Whitfieldia
Species: W. brazzae – W. colorata – W. elongata – W. lateritia – W. latiflos – W. laurentii – W. liebrechtsiana – W. orientalis – W. preussii – W. purpurata – W. rutilans – W. stuhlmannii – W. thollonii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Whitfieldia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 25. Reference page.

Name

Whitfieldia Hook.,

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Leiophaca Lindau in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 307 (1911)
  • Pounguia Benoist in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 679 (1938 publ. 1939)
  • Stylarthropus Baill. in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 822 (1890)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. 1845. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. LXXI [= Vol. I of the third series.] pp. 4133–4202. Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page. : 71: t. 4155

Additional references

• Grall, A. & Darbyshire, I. 2021. A synopsis of the African genus Whitfieldia (Acanthaceae: Whitfieldieae) and a key to the species. Kew Bulletin 76: 191-221.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Whitfieldia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Whitfieldia. 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 Nov. 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Whitfieldia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Nov. 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Whitfieldia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 25 2022.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Whitfieldia. .

Vernacular names

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