Barleria

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Barleria
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Barleria cristata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Barlerieae
Genus: Barleria
L. (1753)
Synonyms [1]
List
  • BarleriacanthusOerst. (1855)
  • BarlerianthusOerst. (1855)
  • BarleriopsisOerst. (1855)
  • BarleriosiphonOerst. (1855)
  • BarleritesOerst. (1855)
  • BarrelieraJ.F.Gmel. (1792)
  • CrabbeaHarv. (1838), nom. rej.
  • DicranacanthusOerst. (1855)
  • IsaloaHumbert (1937)
  • ParabarleriaBaill. (1890)
  • PrionitisOerst.
  • PseudobarleriaOerst.
  • PrionitisOerst. (1854), nom. illeg.
  • PseudobarleriaOerst. (1855)
  • SomaliaOliv. (1886)
  • SoubeyraniaNeck. (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • WahabiaFenzl (1844), nom. nud.

Barleria is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 303 species native to the tropics and subtropics, including the Americas from Mexico to northern South America, sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China and Taiwan, parts of Malesia, and New Guinea. [1]

Some species include:

References

  1. 1 2 Barleria L. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 28 January 2024.