Hypoestes aristata

Hypoestes aristata

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: Hypoestes
Species:
Varietas: H. a. var. aristata – H. a. var. thiniorum

Name

Hypoestes aristata (Vahl) Roem. & Schult., 1817

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Justicia aristata Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 20 (1791)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Africa
      • South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, South Sudan, Burundi, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Central African Republic, Cameroon, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Chad, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, ?Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Togo
  • Continental:Asie
      • Saudi Arabia (Asir), Oman (Dhofar), Yemen (N-Inner Yemen, W-Yemen)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Vernacular names

  • English: Ribbon bush
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