Ascotheca

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Ascotheca
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ascotheca
Heine
Species:
A. paucinervia
Binomial name
Ascotheca paucinervia
(T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Heine (1966)
Subspecies [1]
  • Ascotheca paucinervia var. minorChampl. & Senterre
  • Ascotheca paucinervia var. paucinervia
Synonyms [1]
  • Justicia paucinerviaT.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke (1899)
  • Ruellia paucinervia(T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Heine (1962)
  • Rungia paucinervia(T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Heine (1962)

Ascotheca paucinervia is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is a subshrub or shrub native to west-central tropical Africa, ranging from southern Nigeria to Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. It is the sole species in genus Ascotheca. [2]

Two subspecies are accepted:

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References

  1. 1 2 Ascotheca paucinervia (T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Heine. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  2. "Ascotheca Heine | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 March 2021.