Whitfieldia elongata
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: Whitfieldia elongata

Name

Whitfieldia elongata (P.Beauv.) De Wild. & T.Durand, 1899

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Dipteracanthus elongatus (P.Beauv.) Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 140 (1847)
    • Ruellia elongata P.Beauv. in Fl. Oware 1: 46 (1805)
    • Whitfieldia longifolia T.Anderson in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 27 (1863), nom. superfl.
  • Heterotypic
    • Ruellia longiflora Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 140 (1847), pro syn.
    • Whitfieldia elongata var. abbreviata Mildbr. in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 88 (1943)
    • Whitfieldia elongata var. dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 38: 111 (1899)
    • Whitfieldia longiflora S.Moore in J. Bot. 18: 229 (1880)
    • Whitfieldia longifolia var. dewevrei (De Wild. & T.Durand) C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 51 (1899)
    • Whitfieldia longifolia var. perglabra (C.B.Clarke) Hutch. & Dalziel in Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 248 (1931)
    • Whitfieldia perglabra C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 66 (1899)
    • Whitfieldia subviridis C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 66 (1899)
    • Whitfieldia tanganyikensis C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 67 (1899)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Vernacular names

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