Whitfieldia

Summary

Whitfieldia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 13 species of erect or scrambling shrubs native to tropical Africa. The greatest species diversity is in the Guineo-Congolian rainforests of western and central Africa.[1]

Whitfieldia
Whitfieldia elongata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Whitfieldieae
Genus: Whitfieldia
Hook. (1845)
Synonyms[1]

Species edit

13 species are accepted:[1]

  • Whitfieldia brazzae (Baill.) C.B.Clarke
  • Whitfieldia colorata C.B.Clarke ex Stapf
  • Whitfieldia elongata (P.Beauv.) De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Whitfieldia lateritia Hook.
  • Whitfieldia latiflos C.B.Clarke
  • Whitfieldia laurentii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
  • Whitfieldia liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Whitfieldia orientalis Vollesen
  • Whitfieldia preussii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
  • Whitfieldia purpurata (Benoist) Heine
  • Whitfieldia rutilans Heine
  • Whitfieldia stuhlmannii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
  • Whitfieldia thollonii (Baill.) Benoist

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Whitfieldia Hook. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 February 2024.