Brachystephanus

Life-forms

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
Genus: Brachystephanus
Species: B. africanus – B. bequaertii – B. calostachyus – B. coeruleus – B. congensis – B. cuspidatus – B. densiflorus – B. giganteus – B. glaberrimus – B. holstii – B. jaundensis – B. kupeensis – B. laxispicatus – B. longiflorus – B. lyallii – B. mannii – B. montifuga – B. myrmecophilus – B. nemoralis – B. nimbae – B. occidentalis – B. oreacanthus – B. roseus – B. schliebenii – B. sudanicus – B. velutinus – B. yaudensis
Name

Brachystephanus Nees, 1847
Distribution

trop. Africa, Madagascar
References

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1847. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 511. 1847.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Brachystephanus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Brachystephanus. Published online. Accessed: Sep 14 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Brachystephanus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Sep 2020.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brachystephanus. .

Vernacular names

Brachystephanus is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae.

It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

Brachystephanus giganteus Champl.
Brachystephanus kupeensis Champl.
Brachystephanus longiflorus Lindau
Brachystephanus nimbae Heine