511.0000
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: 5554
= 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)
511.5056
Genus
Brachystephanus Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 511 (1847)
Distribution: Tropical Africa (7), Madagascar
Species listed in database: 21
= Oreacanthus Benth.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2: 1104 (1876)
species :
Brachystephanus africanus
S.Moore; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 4: 31 (1894)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Uganda; Tanzania; Malawi; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar
22 NGA 23 BUR CMN CON RWA ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZIM 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Brachystephanus africanus var. longibracteatus Champl.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 161 (2009)
= Brachystephanus africanus var. velutinus (De Wild.) E.Figueiredo; Kew Bull. 51: 756 (1996)
= Brachystephanus bequaertii De Wild.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 8(Suppl. Bot.): 36 (1920)
= Brachystephanus velutinus De Wild.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 8: Suppl. Bot. 37 (1920)
variant :
var. madagascariensis
Figueiredo; Kew Bull. 51(4): 757 (1996)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
variant :
var. recurvatus
Champl.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 163 (2009)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; ?SW-Uganda
23 ZAI
species :
Brachystephanus calostachyus
Champl.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 131 (2009)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia
23 ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
species :
Brachystephanus coeruleus
S.Moore; J. Bot. 45: 332 (1907)
subspecies :
subsp. coeruleus
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Kenya
23 ZAI 25 KEN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Oreacanthus coeruleus (S.Moore) Champl. & Figueiredo; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 65: 416 (1996)
subspecies :
subsp. apiculatus
Champl.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 130 (2009)
Distribution: Tanzania; N-Zambia
25 TAN 26 ZAM
species :
Brachystephanus congensis
Champl.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 134 (2009)
subspecies :
subsp. congensis
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CON GAB ZAI
subspecies :
subsp. latipaniculatus
Champl.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 135 (2009)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Brachystephanus densiflorus
Figueiredo; Kew Bull. 51(4): 758 (1996)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Brachystephanus giganteus
Champl.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 139 (2009)
Distribution: Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]
23 BIO CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN VU (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Oreacanthus mannii Benth.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2: 1104 (1876)
species :
Brachystephanus glaberrimus
Champl.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 66(3-4): 194 (1997)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Uganda
23 RWA ZAI 25 UGA
species :
Brachystephanus holstii
Lindau; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 69 (1894); et in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 53 (1894)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania
23 ZAI 25 TAN
species :
Brachystephanus jaundensis
Lindau; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 125 (1895)
subspecies :
subsp. jaundensis
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CMN CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Brachystephanus yaudensis Lindau; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV, 3b: 344 (1895)
variant :
var. brevitubus
I.Darbysh.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 170 (map) (2009)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
subspecies :
subsp. nemoralis
(S.Moore) I.Darbysh.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 170 (2009)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
23 ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Brachystephanus nemoralis S.Moore; J. Bot. 68(Suppl. 2): 136 (1930)
subspecies :
subsp. nimbae
(Heine) I.Darbysh.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 171 (2009)
Distribution: Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Cameroon
22 GUI IVO LBR 23 CMN
Synonyms: hidden
= Brachystephanus nimbae Heine; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 11(4): 650 (1971 publ. 1972)
species :
Brachystephanus kupeensis
Champl.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 137 (2009)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon)
species :
Brachystephanus laxispicatus
I.Darbysh.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 143 (2009)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Brachystephanus longiflorus
Lindau; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(1-2): 53 (1894)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]
22 NGA 23 BIO CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN VU (Cameroon)
species :
Brachystephanus lyallii
Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 511 (1847)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Brachystephanus mannii
C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 5: 179 (1899)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Angola
23 CMN CON GAB 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Oreacanthus cristalensis Champl. & Figueiredo; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 65: 416 (1996), nom. nov. superfl.
species :
Brachystephanus montifuga
(Milne-Redh.) Champl.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 147 (2009)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zambia
23 ZAI 26 ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Oreacanthus montifuga Milne-Redh.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 32: t. 3197 (1933). 32: t. 3197 (1933)
species :
Brachystephanus myrmecophilus
Champl.; Belg. J. Bot. 127(1): 45 (1994)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
variant :
var. amphipuberulus
Champl.; Belg. J. Bot. 127(1): 49 (1994)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Brachystephanus occidentalis
Lindau; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(1-2): 53 (1894)
Distribution: São Tomé
23 SAO
species :
Brachystephanus oreacanthus
Champl.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 148 (2009)
Distribution: Guinea; Cameroon
22 GUI 23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Brachystephanus roseus
Champl.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 178 (2009)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Uganda
23 BUR RWA ZAI 25 UGA
species :
Brachystephanus schliebenii
(Mildbr.) Champl.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 147 (2009)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Oreacanthus schliebenii Mildbr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 824 (1933)
species :
Brachystephanus sudanicus
(Friis & Vollesen) Champl.; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 140 (2009)
Distribution: South Sudan
24 SSU
Synonyms: hidden
= Oreacanthus sudanicus Friis & Vollesen; Kew Bull. 37(3): 465 (1982)
