Lepidagathis

Lepidagathis
	Lepidagathis cuspidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Acanthoideae
Tribe:	Barlerieae
Genus:	Lepidagathis ; Willd.
Species
	151; see text
Synonyms
	AcanthuraLindau (1901); LindaueaRendle (1896); LophostachysPohl (1831); RusseggeraEndl. (1839); TeliostachyaNees (1847); VolkensiophytonLindau (1894); ZahlbruckneraPohl ex Nees (1847), not validly publ.;

Last updated February 10, 2025

Lepidagathis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 151 species native to the tropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, south and southeast Asia, southern China, Malesia, and New Guinea.^[1]

Species

151 species are accepted.^[1]

Lepidagathis alopecuroidea (Vahl) R.Br. ex Griseb.
Lepidagathis alvarezia (Nees) Kameyama ex Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
Lepidagathis amaranthoides Elmer
Lepidagathis ananthapuramensis V.S.A.Kumar, P.Biju, Sindu Arya, Josekutty & Augustine^[2]
Lepidagathis andersoniana Lindau
Lepidagathis angustifolia C.B.Clarke
Lepidagathis anobrya Nees
Lepidagathis appendiculata Lindau
Lepidagathis armata Lindau
Lepidagathis backeri Bremek.
Lepidagathis balakrishnanii Remadevi & Binoj Kumar
Lepidagathis bandraensis Blatt.
Lepidagathis barberi Gamble
Lepidagathis benojiana Jithin & Jose
Lepidagathis billardiereana Nees
Lepidagathis boholensis Y.S.Liang, S.T.Geng, Evangel. & J.C.Wang
Lepidagathis brevis Benoist
Lepidagathis brevispica Bremek.
Lepidagathis callistachys Kameyama
Lepidagathis calycina Hochst. ex Nees
Lepidagathis cambodiana Benoist
Lepidagathis capituliformis Benoist
Lepidagathis cataractae (Nees) Lindau ex Pulle
Lepidagathis ceylanica Nees
Lepidagathis chariensis Benoist
Lepidagathis chevalieri Benoist
Lepidagathis chiapensis (Acosta) Kameyama
Lepidagathis chlorostachya Nees
Lepidagathis cinerea Merr.
Lepidagathis clarkei Merr.
Lepidagathis clavata Dalzell
Lepidagathis collina (Endl.) Milne-Redh.
Lepidagathis cristata Willd.
Lepidagathis cuneiformis Kameyama
Lepidagathis cuspidata Nees
Lepidagathis cyanea (Leonard) Kameyama
Lepidagathis dahomensis Benoist
Lepidagathis dalzelliana S.More, Mane, M.Sawant & H.S.Bhosale
Lepidagathis danielii Cruz Durán & J.Jiménez Ram.
Lepidagathis diffusa C.B.Clarke
Lepidagathis dispar C.B.Clarke ex Merr.
Lepidagathis dissimilis J.B.Imlay
Lepidagathis diversa C.B.Clarke
Lepidagathis dulcis Nees
Lepidagathis epacridea Heine
Lepidagathis eriocephala Lindau
Lepidagathis eucephala Miq.
Lepidagathis eugeniifolia Benoist
Lepidagathis falcata Nees
Lepidagathis fasciculata (Retz.) Nees
Lepidagathis fimbriata C.B.Clarke
Lepidagathis fischeri C.B.Clarke
Lepidagathis floribunda (Pohl) Kameyama
Lepidagathis formosensis C.B.Clarke ex Hayata
Lepidagathis glandulosa Nees
Lepidagathis gossweileri S.Moore
Lepidagathis gracilis (Bremek.) Wassh.
Lepidagathis grandidieri Benoist
Lepidagathis guatemalensis (Donn.Sm.) Kameyama
Lepidagathis hainanensis H.S.Lo
Lepidagathis hamiltoniana Wall.
Lepidagathis heudelotiana Nees
Lepidagathis humifusa Decne.
Lepidagathis humilis Merr.
Lepidagathis inaequalis C.B.Clarke ex Elmer
Lepidagathis incurva Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Lepidagathis ipariaensis Wassh.
Lepidagathis javanica Blume
Lepidagathis kameyamana Gnanasek. & Arisdason
Lepidagathis keralensis Madhus. & N.P.Singh^[3]^[4]^[5]
Lepidagathis lanatoglabra C.B.Clarke
Lepidagathis laxa Nees
Lepidagathis laxifolia (Nees) Kameyama
Lepidagathis linearis T.Anderson
Lepidagathis linifolia Benoist
Lepidagathis longisepala C.B.Clarke
Lepidagathis lutea Dalzell
Lepidagathis lutescens Benoist
Lepidagathis macgregorii Merr.
Lepidagathis macrantha C.B.Clarke
Lepidagathis macrochila Lindau
Lepidagathis madagascariensis Benoist
Lepidagathis mahakassapae S.More, M.Sawant, H.S.Bhosale & Kambale
Lepidagathis marginata Bremek.
Lepidagathis mazarunensis (Bremek.) Wassh.
Lepidagathis medicaginea (Bremek.) Wassh.
Lepidagathis medusae S.Moore
Lepidagathis mendax Benoist
Lepidagathis meridionalis Kameyama
Lepidagathis microphylla Merr.
Lepidagathis mindorensis Merr.
Lepidagathis mitis Dalzell
Lepidagathis montana (Mart. ex Nees) Kameyama
Lepidagathis mucida Benoist
Lepidagathis nemoralis (Mart. ex Nees) Kameyama
Lepidagathis nemorosa S.Moore
Lepidagathis nickeriensis Wassh.
Lepidagathis oubanguiensis Benoist
Lepidagathis palawanensis Merr.
Lepidagathis palinensis S.S.Ying
Lepidagathis pallescens S.Moore
Lepidagathis papuana S.Moore
Lepidagathis paraensis Kameyama
Lepidagathis parviflora Blume
Lepidagathis peniculifera S.Moore
Lepidagathis perrieri Benoist
Lepidagathis plantaginea Mildbr.
Lepidagathis pobeguinii Hua
Lepidagathis prostrata Dalzell
Lepidagathis pseudoaristata Ensermu
Lepidagathis psilantha Nees
Lepidagathis purpuricaulis Nees
Lepidagathis rajasekharae K.Prasad & A.M.Reddy
Lepidagathis randii S.Moore
Lepidagathis riedeliana Nees
Lepidagathis rigida Dalzell
Lepidagathis robinsonii Merr.
Lepidagathis royenii Bremek.
Lepidagathis rumphii Merr.
Lepidagathis sabui Chandore, Borude, Madhav & S.R.Yadav
Lepidagathis scabra C.B.Clarke
Lepidagathis scariosa Nees
Lepidagathis secunda Nees
Lepidagathis sericea Benoist
Lepidagathis sessilifolia (Pohl) Kameyama ex Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
Lepidagathis shrirangii Natekar, Kambale & Chandore
Lepidagathis simplex T.Anderson
Lepidagathis soconuscana (T.F.Daniel) Kameyama
Lepidagathis sorongensis Bremek.
Lepidagathis speciosa (Rendle) Hedrén
Lepidagathis spicifer Elmer
Lepidagathis spinosa Wight ex Nees
Lepidagathis staurogynoides S.Moore
Lepidagathis stenophylla C.B.Clarke ex Hayata
Lepidagathis strobilina T.Anderson ex Kurz
Lepidagathis subglabra Merr.
Lepidagathis subinterrupta Merr.
Lepidagathis submitis Blatt.
Lepidagathis surinamensis (Bremek.) Wassh.
Lepidagathis tenuis C.B.Clarke
Lepidagathis thorelii Benoist
Lepidagathis thymifolia Collett & Hemsl.
Lepidagathis thyrsiflora Bremek.
Lepidagathis tisserantii Benoist
Lepidagathis trinervis Nees
Lepidagathis ushae Borude, Gosavi & Chandore
Lepidagathis uxpanapensis (Acosta) Kameyama
Lepidagathis villosa Hedrén
Lepidagathis vulpina Benoist
Lepidagathis walkeriana Nees
Lepidagathis wasshausenii Kameyama

References

1 2 3 4 Lepidagathis Willd. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 24 January 2024.
↑ "Lepidagathis ananthapuramensis (Acanthaceae): a new species from the lateritic plateaus of Kerala, India". biotaxa.org. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
↑ P. V., Madhusoodanan; N. P., Singh (1992). "A New Species of Lepidagathis (Acanthaceae) from South India". Kew Bulletin. 47 (2): 301–303. Bibcode:1992KewBu..47..301M. doi:10.2307/4110674. JSTOR 4110674.
↑ "Lepidagathis keralensis". keralaplants.in. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
↑ "Lepidagathis keralensis P.V. Madhusoodanan & N.P. Singh". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2018-03-02.

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[powo-1] 1 2 3 4 Lepidagathis Willd. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 24 January 2024.

[2] "Lepidagathis ananthapuramensis (Acanthaceae): a new species from the lateritic plateaus of Kerala, India". biotaxa.org. Retrieved 2020-10-04.

[3] P. V., Madhusoodanan; N. P., Singh (1992). "A New Species of Lepidagathis (Acanthaceae) from South India". Kew Bulletin. 47 (2): 301–303. Bibcode:1992KewBu..47..301M. doi:10.2307/4110674. JSTOR 4110674.

[4] "Lepidagathis keralensis". keralaplants.in. Retrieved 2018-03-02.

[5] "Lepidagathis keralensis P.V. Madhusoodanan & N.P. Singh". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2018-03-02.

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Lepidagathis

Lepidagathis cuspidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Acanthoideae
Tribe:	Barlerieae
Genus:	Lepidagathis Willd.
Species^[1]
151; see text
Synonyms ^[1]
AcanthuraLindau (1901) LindaueaRendle (1896) LophostachysPohl (1831) RusseggeraEndl. (1839) TeliostachyaNees (1847) VolkensiophytonLindau (1894) ZahlbruckneraPohl ex Nees (1847), not validly publ.