Pachystachys spicata

Pachystachys spicata

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: Tetrameriinae
Genus: Pachystachys
Species:

Name

Pachystachys spicata (Ruiz & Pav.) Wassh., 1986.

Synonyms

Basionym
  • Justicia spicata Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. 1: 8, t. 9. 1798.
Heterotypic
  • Pachystachys asperula Nees, Prodr. (DC.) 11: 320. 1847.
  • Justicia coccinea Willd. ex Nees, Prodr. (Candolle) 11: 320. 1847, nom. inval.
  • Justicia coccinea Hort.Berol. ex Nees, Prodr. (Candolle) 11: 431, 729. 1847, nom. inval.
  • Pachystachys riedeliana Nees, Fl. Bras. (Martius) 9: 99. 1847.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Colombia (Caquet, Meta, Valle), N-Brazil (Para, Amazonas, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Bahia), SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Venezuela (Amazonas, Sucre, Yaracuy), Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando), Cuba, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Isla Margarita

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

References

Vernacular names

  • English: cardinal's-guard
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