Eranthemum capense

Eranthemum capense

Eranthemum capense

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: Ruellieae
Subtribus: Erantheminae
Genus: Eranthemum
Species: Eranthemum capense

Name

Eranthemum capense L., Sp. Pl.: 9 (1753).

• Provenance: "Habitat in Aethiopia."
• Type: Lectotype: Herb. Hermann 4: 42, No. 15 (BM-000628190), designated by Vollesen in Jarvis & al. (ed.), Regnum Veg. 127: 45 (1993).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Daedalacanthus capensis (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 417 (1913 publ. 1914).
• Heterotypic
  • Justicia fastigiata Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 41 (1791).
    • Eranthemum fastigiatum (Lam.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 1: 174 (1817).
    • Daedalacanthus fastigiatus (Lam.) Alston, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 11: 299 (1930).
    • Eranthemum fastigiatum (Lam.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 489 (1891).
  • Justicia montana Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2: 41 (1805).
    • Eranthemum montanum (Roxb.) Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 80 (1814).
    • Daedalacanthus montanus (Roxb.) T.Anderson in G.H.K.Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 229 (1860).
    • Eranthemum montanum (Roxb.) Russell ex Nees, DC. Prod. 11: 449 (1847).
  • Justicia divaricata Wall., Numer. List: n.° 2492 (1830), {{NIN})
  • Ruellia varians B.Heyne ex Wall., Numer. List: n.° 2492 B (1830), {{NIN})
  • Justicia pulchella Wight ex Wall., Numer. List: n.° 2495 (1830), nom. nud.
  • Eranthemum wightianum Wall. ex Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 107 (1832).
    • Daedalacanthus montanus var. wightianus (Wall. ex Nees) C.B.Clarke in Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 4: 421 (1884).
    • Eranthemum montanum var. wightianum (Wall. ex Nees) Gamble, Fl. Madras 1025 (1924).
    • Eranthemum capense var. wightianum (Wall. ex Nees) Karthik. & Moorthy, Fl. Pl. India: 15 (2009).
  • Daedalacanthus montanus var. concanensis (T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) in Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 4: 421 (1884).
    • Eranthemum montanum var. concanense (T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Gamble, Fl. Madras 2: 1025 (1924)
    • Eranthemum capense var. concanensis (T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Santapau, Bot. Mem. Univ. Bombay 2: 34 (1952)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India (Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal), Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Myanmar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 9. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Jarvis, C.E. 2007. Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types. London: Linnean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, ISBN 978-0-9506207-7-0, 1016 pp. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Eranthemum capense. 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. 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Eranthemum capense. Accessed: 18 Nov 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Eranthemum capense. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 18 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Eranthemum capense in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Eranthemum capense. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jun. 2018.

Vernacular names

മലയാളം: എറാന്തെമം കാപെൻസ്

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