Acanthaceae
Brillantaisia

Brillantaisia cicatricosa Lindau

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 4 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan to S. Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Vollesen, K. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae(1): 1-285.
  • Vollesen, K. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(5): 1-184. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Burkill in F.T.A. 5: 39 (1899).
  • Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 475 (1997).
  • Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 4 (1894).
  • Vollesen in F.T.E.A., Acanthaceae 1: 159 (2008).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Biol. Skr. 51(2): 439 (2005).
  • E.J. 20: 4 (1894)
  • F.P.N.A. 2: 270 (1947)
  • F.T.A. 5: 39 (1899)
  • Fl. Rwanda 3: 446 (1985)
  • Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 475 (1997)
  • P.O.A. C: 366 (1895)
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 84 (1982)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 267 (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2014 D'Arcy, W.G. [8587A] Rwanda K000662493 No
Poulsen, A.D.; et al. [523] Uganda K:SPC-59943.000 No
Hemp, A. [4914] Kenya K001765397 Yes
Patel, H. [25] Mozambique K001417336 Yes
Harris, T. [648] Mozambique K000614228 No
Last, J.T. [s.n.] Mozambique K000393842 Type Yes
Osborne, J.; Agostenho, M.; Darbyshire, I.; Fansdeo, G.; Mucaleque, P. [JO1253] Mozambique K001295782 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images