Elytraria
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Genus of Acanthaceae plants
| Elytraria | |
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| Elytraria bromoides botanical illustration | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nelsonioideae |
| Genus: | Elytraria Michx. (1803)[1] |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms [2] | |
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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
[edit ]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
[edit ]- ^ Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 8 (1803)
- ^ a b "Elytraria Michx". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Wiggins, Ira L.; Porter, Duncan M. (1971). Flora of the Galápagos Islands. Stanford University Press. p. 264. ISBN 9780804707329.