Acanthaceae
Dicliptera

Dicliptera brevispicata I.Darbysh.

First published in Kew Bull. 62: 123 (2007)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & SW. Tanzania to NE. Zambia. It is a scrambling perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Tanzania, Zambia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2010). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae (Part 2): 287-756.
  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Flora Zambesiaca 8(6): 1-314. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Bulletin

  • Aiton, W. (1789). Hortus Kewensis, Vol. 1. George Nicol, London.
  • Baden, C. (1981a). The genus Macrorungia (Acanthaceae), a taxonomic revision. Nordic J. Bot. 1:143-153.
  • Balkwill, K. (1985). Taxonomic studies in the tribe Justicieae of the family Acanthaceae. Unpublished Ph. D. thesis, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
  • Beentje, H. Cheek, M. (2003). Glossary. In: H. J. Beentje (ed. ) Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Lisse.
  • Bremekamp, C. E. B. (1965). Delimitation and subdivision of the Acanthaceae. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 7: 21-30.
  • Burkill, I. H. Clarke, C. B. (1899-1900) Acanthaceae. In: W. T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed. ), Flora of Tropical Africa 5:1- 262. L. Reeve Co. , London.
  • Ensermu Kelbessa (2003). Two new species of Acanthaceae from NE tropical Africa and Arabia. Kew Bull. 58:703-712.
  • Forsskål, P. (1775). Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Möller, Kjobenhavn, Sweden.
  • Getliffe Norris, F. , Balkwill, K. , Manning, J. C. (1985). New combinations and synonyms in southern African Acanthaceae. S. African J. Bot. 51: 489 - 490.
  • Hansen, B. (1989). Notes on SE Asian Acanthaceae. Nordic J. Bot. 9:209-215.
  • Heine, H. (1966). Acanthaceae. Flore du Gabon 13: 3 - 250. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
  • Hutchinson, A. (1921). A contribution to the flora of northern Nigeria. Bull. Misc. Inform. , Kew 1921: 353-407.
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3. 1. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U. K
  • Lamarck, J. B. A. P. M. (1785). Carman tine. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique 1: 625 - 633. Chez Panckoucke, Paris, France.
  • Linnaeus, C. (1782). Supplementum Plantarum. Brunsvigae.
  • McPade, L. A. Moody, M. L. (1999). Phylogenetic relationships among Acanthaceae: evidence from noncoding trnL-trnF chloroplast DNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 86:70-80.
  • Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. D. (1832). Acanthaceae indiae orientalis. In: N. Wallich (ed. ), Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 70 - 117. Treuttel Würtz, London.
  • Retzius, A. J. (1775). Tvsenne nya species af Dianthera. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 36: 295 - 297.
  • Scotland, R. W. Vollesen, K. (2000). Classification of Acanthaceae. Kew Bull. 55: 513 - 589.
  • Terracciano, A. (1893). Contribuzioni alla conoscenza della flora dell'Africa Orientale. II: florula di Anfilah. Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 89 - 121 (publication date of vol. stated as 1894).
  • Vahl, M. (1791). Symbolae Botanicae, Vol. 2. Nicolaus Möller, Hauniae.
  • Wood, J. R. I. , Hillcoat, D. /& Brummitt, R. K (1983). Notes on the types of some names of Arabian Acanthaceae in the Forsskal herbarium. Kew Bull. 38: 429 - 456.
  • — (1847). Acanthaceae. In: A. de Candolle (ed. ), Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 46 - 519. Masson, Paris, France.
  • — (1981b). The genus Anisotes (Acanthaceae), a taxonomic revision. Nordic J. Bot. 1: 623 - 664.
  • — (1996). A synopsis of Peristrophe (Acanthaceae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 26: 83 - 93.
  • — (in prep). Acanthaceae. In: I. Hedberg, S. Edwards Sileshi Nemomissa (eds. ), Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea. National Herbarium, Addis Ababa Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala University.
  • — Campbell-Young, G. J. (2001). Taxonomic studies in the Acanthaceae: Peristrophe serpenticola: a new species from the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe. S. African J. Sci. 97:551-554.
  • — Gediffe-Norris, F. (1985). Taxonomic studies in the Acanthaceae: the genus Hypoestes in southern Africa. S. African J. Bot. 51: 133 - 144.
  • — — (1988). Classification of the Acanthaceae: a southern African perspective. Monogr. Syst. Bot. , Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 503 - 516.
  • — — (1989). Taxonomic studies in the Acanthaceae: Peristrophe decorticans — a new species. S. African J. Bot. 55: 254 - 258.
  • —, Cadman, M. -J. Getliffe Norris, F. (1985). Taxonomic studies in the Acanthaceae: new species of Peristrophe from the Limpopo Valley. S. African J. Bot. 51:485-488.
  • —, Daniel, T. F. , Masta, S. E. Riley, K M. (2000). Phylogenetic relationships within the tribe Justicieae (Acanthaceae): evidence from molecular sequences, morphology and cytology. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87: 435 - 458.
  • —, Masta, S. E. , Moody, M. L. Waters, E. (2000). Phylogenetic relationships among Acanthaceae: evidence from two genomes. Syst. Bot. 25: 106-121.
  • —, — Balkwill, M. -J. (1988). Taxonomic studies in the Acanthaceae: the Peristrophe grandibracteata complex. S. African J Bot. 54: 47 - 54.
  • —, — Schoonraad, E. (1986). Taxonomic studies in the Acanthaceae: tests microsculpturing in southern African species of Peristrophe. S. African J. Bot. 52:513-520.
  • —, — — (1996). Taxonomic studies in the Acanthaceae, Dicliptera in southern Africa. Kew Bull. 51: 1-61.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in F.T.E.A., Acanthaceae 2: 714, fig.93 (2010).
  • in Kew Bull. 62: 123, fig.1 (2007).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2010). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae (Part 2): 287-756.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5711] Tanzania K000468713 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Griffiths, P.; Harvey, Y.B.; Kamwela, H.; Paton, A.J. [3798] Tanzania K000379001 Holotype Yes

Sources

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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/
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    • Kew Bulletin
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    • 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