Whitfieldia

Whitfieldia elongata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Whitfieldieae
Subtribus: Whitfieldiinae
Genus: Whitfieldia

Species: W. brazzae – W. colorata – W. elongata – W. lateritia – W. latiflos – W. laurentii – W. liebrechtsiana – W. orientalis – W. preussii – W. purpurata – W. rutilans – W. stuhlmannii – W. thollonii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 20. Whitfieldia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 20 February 2026. Reference page.

Name

Whitfieldia Hook., Bot. Mag. 71: t. 4155 (1845)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Leiophaca Lindau, G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 307 (1911)
  • Pounguia Benoist, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 679 (1938 publ. 1939)
  • Stylarthropus Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 822 (1890)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda, Zaïre Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Mozambique, Zambia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. 1845. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. LXXI [= Vol. I of the third series.] pp. 4133–4202. Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Grall, A. & Darbyshire, I. 2021. A synopsis of the African genus Whitfieldia (Acanthaceae: Whitfieldieae) and a key to the species. Kew Bulletin 76: 191-221. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-021-09941-8

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Whitfieldia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Whitfieldia. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Whitfieldia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Nov. 2022. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Whitfieldia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 25 2022. Reference page.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Whitfieldia.

Vernacular names

• 中文: 茸烛木属

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