Ecbolium

Ecbolium ligustrinum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Justicieae
Subtribus: Tetrameriinae
Genus: Ecbolium
Species: E. albiflorum – E. amplexicaule – E. barlerioides – E. benoistii –  E. boranense – E. clarkei – E. fimbriatum – E. flanaganii – E. glabratum – E. gymnostachyum – E. hastatum – E. humbertii – E. ligustrinum – E. madagascariense – E. oblongifolium – E. palmatum – E. spicatum – E. strictum – E. subcordatum – E. syringifolium – E. tanzaniense – E. viride

Source(s) of checklist:
Hassler, M. 2018. Ecbolium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 11. Reference page.

Name

Ecbolium Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 40(1): 75. (1871)

• Type species: Ecbolium linneanum (L.) Kurz. (1875) = Ecbolium ligustrinum var. ligustrinum

Homonyms

• Ecbolium Riv. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 486. (1891) vide Justicia Linnaeus (1753) (by lectotypification)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola, Cape Provinces, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland Regional: Eastern Africa Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Continental: Asia-temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka Regional: Peninsular Arabia Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Introduced into: Malaya, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kurz, W.S. 1871. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 40: 75.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Ecbolium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ecbolium. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 11 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Ecbolium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ecbolium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Jun. 2018.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ecbolium. .

Vernacular names

العربية: خشير

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