Elytraria

Elytraria
Elytraria bromoides botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Nelsonioideae
Genus:	Elytraria Michx. (1803) [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms [2]
Cymburus Raf. (1837), nom. illeg. Tubiflora J.F.Gmel. (1791)

Elytraria, scalystem, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, with a pantropical distribution. They tend to lack stems. ^[3] Includes 22 species.

Species

Currently accepted species include: ^[2]

• Elytraria acaulis (L.f.) Lindau
• Elytraria bissei H.Dietr.
• Elytraria bromoides Oerst.
• Elytraria caroliniensis (J.F.Gmel.) Pers.
• Elytraria cubana Alain
• Elytraria filicaulis Borhidi & O.Muñiz
• Elytraria imbricata (Vahl) Pers.
• Elytraria ivorensis Dokosi
• Elytraria klugii Leonard
• Elytraria macrophylla Leonard
• Elytraria madagascariensis (Benoist) E.Hossain
• Elytraria marginata Vahl
• Elytraria maritima J.K.Morton
• Elytraria mexicana Fryxell & S.D.Koch
• Elytraria minor Dokosi
• Elytraria nodosa E.Hossain
• Elytraria planifolia Leonard
• Elytraria prolifera Leonard
• Elytraria serpens Greuter & R.Rankin
• Elytraria shaferi (P.Wilson) Leonard
• Elytraria spathulifolia Borhidi & O.Muñiz
• Elytraria tuberosa Leonard

References

1. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 8 (1803)
2. "Elytraria Michx". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
3. Wiggins, Ira L.; Porter, Duncan M. (1971). Flora of the Galápagos Islands. Stanford University Press. p. 264. ISBN   9780804707329.