Dicliptera

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Dicliptera
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Uruguayan firecracker plant (Dicliptera squarrosa)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Justicieae
Genus: Dicliptera
Juss. (1807), nom. cons.
Species

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Synonyms [1]
  • Brochosiphon Nees (1847)
  • DactylostegiumNees (1847) [2]
  • DiapediumJ.Koenig (1805), nom. rej.
  • Kuniria Raf. (1838)
  • PanemataRaf. (1838)
  • PeristropheNees (1832)
  • RamusiaNees (1847)
  • SolenochasmaFenzl (1844)
  • StrepsiphusRaf. (1837)

Dicliptera [3] is a genus of flowering plants in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. It includes 223 species native to the tropics and subtropics worldwide. Well-known synonyms include Peristrophe and Dactylostegium. [1]

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Host plant

Dicliptera[ which? ] functions as a host plant for the butterfly, Anartia fatima . [4]

Species

As of March 2021, Plants of the World Online included the following species. [1]

Dicliptera srisailamica Rasingam, Nethaji & Susmitha was described in 2024, but was not in POWO as of November 2024. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dicliptera Juss". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. "Dicliptera Juss". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 23 January 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  3. Jussieu AL de (1807) Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 9: 267.
  4. Silberglied, Robert E.; Aiello, Annette; Lamas, Gerardo (1979). "Neotropical Butterflies of the Genus Anartia: Systematics, Life Histories and General Biology (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 86 (2–3): 219–260. doi: 10.1155/1979/50172 . ISSN   0033-2615.
  5. Dharap, Adittya V.; Shigwan, Bhushan K.; Datar, Mandar N. (1 September 2024). "Dicliptera polymorpha (Acanthaceae): a new pyrophytic species from northern Western Ghats, India" . Kew Bulletin. 79 (3): 683–692. doi:10.1007/s12225-024-10203-6. ISSN   1874-933X.
  6. "Dicliptera srisailamica Rasingam, Nethaji & Susmitha". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens . Retrieved 25 November 2024.