Symplectochilus

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: Justiciinae
Genus: Symplectochilus
Species: S. formosissimus – S. madagascariensis

Name

Symplectochilus Lindau, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 45. (1894)

• Type species: Symplectochilus formosissimus (Klotzsch) Lindau, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 45. (1894)
  

Note: Often found as a synonym of Anisotes but this is not accepted by all authorities - Hassler cf. Govearts (2023)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Macrorungia C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 254. (1900), nom. superfl.

References

• Lindau, G. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 20: 45.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Symplectochilus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec. 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Symplectochilus. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec. 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Symplectochilus. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 28 2023.