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 [1]
156; see text
Synonyms [1]
AcanthuraLindau (1901) LindaueaRendle (1896) LophostachysPohl (1831) RusseggeraEndl. (1839) TeliostachyaNees (1847) VolkensiophytonLindau (1894) ZahlbruckneraPohl ex Nees (1847), not validly publ.

Lepidagathis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 156 species native to the tropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, south and southeast Asia, southern China, Malesia, and New Guinea. ^[1]

Species

156 species are accepted. ^[2]

• 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 ^[3]
• Lepidagathis andersoniana Lindau
• Lepidagathis angustifolia C.B.Clarke
• Lepidagathis anobrya Nees
• Lepidagathis appendiculata Lindau
• Lepidagathis aristata Nees
• 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 ^[4]
• 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 dalzellii Nandikar & Bramhad.
• Lepidagathis dayanandanii A.F.J.King, Gnanasek. & Arisdason
• 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 gandhii Gnanasek., A.F.J.King, S.M.Kasim & Arisdason
• 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 ^{[5] [6] [7]}
• Lepidagathis lanatoglabra C.B.Clarke
• Lepidagathis laxa Nees
• Lepidagathis laxifolia (Nees) Kameyama
• Lepidagathis lidaoensis S.S.Ying
• 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 narasimhanii Gnanasek., A.F.J.King & Arisdason
• 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

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4. More, Sushant; Mane, Rohit; Sawant, Mandar; Bhosale, Harshal (2023-06-30). "Lepidagathis Dalzelliana (acanthaceae), a New Species from the Northern Western Ghats and Lectotypification of the Name Lepidagathis Prostrata Dalzell". International Journal of Advanced Research. 11 (06): 907–911. doi: 10.21474/IJAR01/17143 .
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