Elytraria imbricata

Elytraria imbricata

Elytraria imbricata

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: Nelsonioideae
Genus: Elytraria
Species: Elytraria imbricata

Name

Elytraria imbricata (Vahl) Pers., 1805

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Elytraria tridentata Vahl in Enum. Pl. 1: 107 (1804), nom. superfl.
  • Justicia imbricata Vahl in Eclog. Amer. 1: 1 (1797)
• Heterotypic
  • Dicliptera ramentacea Spreng. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 64 (1847)
  • Elytraria amara Blanco in Fl. Filip. ed. 2.: 8 (1845)
  • Elytraria apargiifolia Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 65 (1847)
  • Elytraria caulescens Ledeb. in Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1820: 1 (1820)
  • Elytraria fasciculata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 235 (1818)
  • Elytraria frondosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 116 (1817)
  • Elytraria microstachya Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 114 (1855)
  • Elytraria pachystachya Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 116 (1855)
  • Elytraria ramosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 235 (1818)
  • Elytraria scorpioides Schult. in Mant. 1: 128 (1822)
  • Elytraria squamosa (Jacq.) Lindau in Anales Inst. Fís.-Geogr. Nac. Costa Rica 8: 299 (1895)
  • Elytraria tridentata var. caulescens Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 13 (1847)
  • Elytraria tridentata var. wrightii M.Gómez in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 280 (1894)
  • Tubiflora pachystachya (Oerst.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 500 (1891)
  • Tubiflora squamosa (Jacq.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 500 (1891)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northwest Regional: Caribbean Aruba, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad-Tobago Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, New Mexico, Texas Regional: Mexico Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Galápagos, Madagascar, Philippines, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Persoon, C.H. 1805. Synopsis Plantarum: seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars prima. XII+546 pp. Apud Carol. Frid. Cramerum, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J.G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1:23.

Additional references

• Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Elytraria imbricata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Elytraria imbricata. 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. 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Elytraria imbricata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Nov. 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Elytraria imbricata. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Elytraria imbricata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: purple scalystem

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