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512.0000 Family Acanthaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 102 (1789) (´Acanthi´), nom. cons.
ca. 192 genera, ca. 5500 spp. Phylogeny: Manzitto-Tripp et al. 2022
Species listed in database: 5597
= Avicenniaceae Miq.; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1: 353 (1845), nom. cons.
= Justiciaceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 60 (1838)
= Mendonciaceae Bremek.; Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 56: 540 (1954)
= Meyeniaceae Sreem.; Phytologia 37: 412 (1977)
= Nelsoniaceae (Nees) Sreem.; Phytologia 37: 412 (1977)
= Thunbergiaceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 979 (1870)
512.5107 Genus Anisotes Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 424 (1847)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula
Species listed in database: 28
= Calasias Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 64 (1836) (nom. prius)
= Chlamydostachya Mildbr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 101 (1934)
= Danguya Benoist; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 76: 1037 (1929 publ. 1930)
= Himantochilus T.Anderson; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2: 1117 (1876)
= Macrorungia C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 5: 254 (1900), nom. superfl.
= Symplectochilus Lindau; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 45 (1895)
species :
Anisotes bracteatus Milne-Redh.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 33: t. 3268 (1935)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe
25 TAN 26 ZAM ZIM
species :
Anisotes comorensis (Lindau) T.F.Daniel; Candollea 69(1): 50 (2014)
Distribution: Comores (Grande Comore)
29 COM
Synonyms: hidden
= Himantochilus comorensis Lindau; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(1-2): 61 (1894)
species :
Anisotes divaricatus T.F.Daniel, Mbola, Almeda & Phillipson; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 58(8): 127 (2007)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Anisotes diversifolius Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 88 (1884)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Anisotes diversifolius var. brevicallyx Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 407 (1884)
species :
Anisotes dumosus Milne-Redh.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 487 (1936)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Anisotes formosissimus (Klotzsch) Milne-Redh.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9: 25 (1954)
Distribution: Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo)
26 MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Adhatoda formosissima Klotzsch; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 215 (1861)
= Macrorungia formosissima (Klotzsch) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 5: 255 (1900)
= Symplectochilus formosissimus (Klotzsch) Lindau; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 45 (1895)
species :
Anisotes galanae (Baden) Vollesen; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Acanth. (Part 2) 660 (2010)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Anisotes dumosus subsp. galanae Baden; Nordic J. Bot. 1(1): 36 (1981)
species :
Anisotes guineensis Lindau; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 53 (1908)
Distribution: Guinea
22 GUI
species :
Anisotes hygroscopicus T.F.Daniel, Letsara & Martín-Bravo; Novon 22(4): 398 (2013)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Anisotes involucratus Fiori; Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1915: 59 (1915)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
species :
Anisotes macrophyllus (Lindau) Heine; Fl. Gabon 13: 189 (1966)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Uganda
23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Anisotes seretii (De Wild.) De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 3: 274 (1910)
= Himantochilus macrophyllus Lindau; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 60 (1894)
= Himantochilus seretii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 3: 274 (1910)
= Macrorungia batesii Wernham; J. Bot. 54: 229 (1916)
= Macrorungia macrophylla (Lindau) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 5: 255 (1900)
species :
Anisotes madagascariensis Briq.; Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 2: 39 (1898)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Anisotes madagascariensis (Briq.) Benoist; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 76: 1036 (1929 publ. 1930)
species :
Anisotes mayottensis T.F.Daniel; Candollea 69(1): 51 (2014)
Distribution: Comores (Mayotte)
29 COM
species :
Anisotes nyassae Baden; Nordic J. Bot. 1(1): 36 (1981)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM
species :
Anisotes parvifolius Oliv.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 16: t. 1527 (1886)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Anisotes pulchellus (Benoist) T.F.Daniel, Letsara & Rakotonas.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 66(2): 53 (2019)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Danguya pulchella Benoist; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 76: 1038 (1929 publ. 1930)
species :
Anisotes rogersii S.Moore; J. Bot. 57: 91 (1919)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; South Africa (Limpopo)
26 ZIM 27 SAF
species :
Anisotes sessiliflorus (T.Anderson) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 5: 226 (1900)
Distribution: Tanzania; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Anisotes sessiliflorus subsp. iringensis Baden; Nordic J. Bot. 1(1): 36 (1981)
= Himantochilus sessiliflorus T.Anderson ex Benth. & Hook.f.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2: 1117 (1876)
species :
Anisotes spectabilis (Mildbr.) Vollesen; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Acanth. (Part 2) 657 (2010)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Chlamydostachya spectabilis Mildbr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 101 (1934)
species :
Anisotes subcoriaceus T.F.Daniel, Letsara & Martín-Bravo; Novon 22(4): 405 (2013)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Anisotes tablensis T.F.Daniel; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 62(3): 451 (2015)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Anisotes tanensis Baden; Nordic J. Bot. 1(1): 36 (1981)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
species :
Anisotes tangensis Baden; Nordic J. Bot. 1(1): 36 (1981)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Anisotes trisulcus (Forssk.) Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 424 (1847)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Saudi Arabia (Asir); Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut, Tihama, W-Yemen)
24 ETH SOM 35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Anisotes trisulcus subsp. webi-schebeliensis Baden; Nordic J. Bot. 1(1): 36 (1981)
= Anisotes velutinus Lindau; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 76 (1894)
= Calasias bracteata Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 64 (1836)
= Dianthera trisulca Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 7 (1775)
= Justicia biflora Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 629 (1783)
= Justicia trisulca (Forssk.) Vahl; Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 2: 10 (1791)
species :
Anisotes ukambensis Lindau; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 409 (1913)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Anisotes ukambanensis Lindau; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 23 (1920), sphalm.
species :
Anisotes umbrosus Milne-Redh.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 33: t. 3267 (1935)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Anisotes venosus T.F.Daniel, Letsara & Martín-Bravo; Novon 22(4): 407 (2013)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Anisotes zenkeri (Lindau) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 5: 227 (1900)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Himantochilus zenkeri Lindau; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 60 (1894)
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