Acanthaceae
Hypoestes

Hypoestes aristata (Vahl) Sol. ex Roem. & Schult.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 1: 140 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a scrambling subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2010). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae (Part 2): 287-756.
  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Flora Zambesiaca 8(6): 1-314. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Benoist in Notulae Syst. 10: 243 (1942)
  • F.T.A. 5: 245
  • Milne-Redhead in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 26 (1954).
  • Syst. Veg. 1: 140 (1817)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Syst. Veg. 1: 140 (1817).
  • in Fl. Cap. 5: 86 (1901), both as H. aristata R. Br.
  • —Bandeira et al., Fl. Nat. Sul Moçamb.: 161, 194 (2007).
  • —Burrows & Willis, Pl. Nyika Plateau: 48 (2005).
  • —Clarke in F.T.A. 5: 245 (1900).
  • —Darbyshire in F.T.E.A., Acanthaceae 2: 724 (2010).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Flora Zambesiaca 8(6): 1-314. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2019 Osborne, J. [JO1469] Mozambique K001346176 Yes
Oct 1, 2013 Prenner, G. [12] Cameroon K000460970 Yes
Oct 1, 2012 Gereau, R.E., et al [7244] Tanzania K000662426 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Congdon, T.C.E. [791] Mozambique K000787996 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [11583] Cameroon K000199791 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Etuge, M. [5205] Cameroon K000199792 Yes
Nov 1, 2004 Hildebrandt, J.M. [2563] Kenya K000379088 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Sidwell, K. [421] Cameroon K000109435 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [4654] Cameroon K000109434 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9168] Cameroon K000109436 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [3381] Cameroon K000339095 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Satabie, B. [1069] Cameroon K000339097 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Cheek, M. [8437] Cameroon K000339094 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Buzgo, M. [768] Cameroon K000339096 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7900] Cameroon K000197504 Yes
Dec 1, 1995 Williams, S. [145] Cameroon K000011360 Yes
Jul 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [5643] Cameroon K000011359 Yes
Aug 1, 1961 Gregory, H. [241] Cameroon K000029402 Yes
Mar 1, 1960 Binuyo, A. [FHI 35069] Cameroon K000029399 Yes
Mar 1, 1960 Binuyo, A. [FHI 35069] Cameroon K000029400 Yes
Zenker; Staudt [36] Cameroon K000379047 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zenker; Staudt [36] Cameroon K000379046 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8995] Zambia K001604881 Yes
Ghogue; Achoundong; Cheek; Gosline; Onana; Ghogue; Tadjouteu; Kalindula; Kambale; Amponsah; Kimaro; Etuge; Talla; Ndi. [417] Cameroon K001518534 Yes
Ensermu, K. [3578] Cameroon K001401429 Yes
Mann [179] Equatorial Guinea K000379045 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maitland, T.D. [143] Cameroon K000029398 Yes
Mann G. [1951] Cameroon K000029396 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann G. [1951] Cameroon K000029397 Type Yes
Mphamba [59] Mozambique K000614278 Yes
Harris, T. [174] Mozambique K000613249 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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