Brillantaisia

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: Ruellieae
Subtribus: Hygrophilinae
Genus: Brillantaisia
Species: B. bauchiensis – B. cicatricosa – B. debilis – B. fulva – B. grottanellii – B. lamium – B. lancifolia – B. madagascariensis – B. oligantha – B. owariensis – B. pubescens – B. richardsiae – B. riparia – B. schumanniana – B. soyauxii – B. stenopteris – B. thwaitesii – B. verruculosa – B. vogeliana
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Brillantaisia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 18. Reference page.

Name

Brillantaisia P.Beauv., 1818

Type species: Brillantaisia owariensis P. Beauv.

References

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J., Flore d'Oware 2: 67, t. 100. 1818.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Brillantaisia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Brillantaisia. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 18 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Brillantaisia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 18.
Tropicos.org 2018. Brillantaisia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 18.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brillantaisia. .

Brillantaisia is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. They are native to the African tropics and subtropics, including Madagascar.[1] They may grow from 20 cm to 2 m in height. Their hirsute stems are square in cross-section and their heart-shaped leaves have an opposite arrangement. Their purple or white pea-like flowers produce long, cigar-shaped seed pods.[2] They reproduce easily from seeds or vegetatively. One species, B. lamium, is invasive in Queensland.[2]

Species

It contains some 17 species,[3] including:

Brillantaisia borellii Lindau
Brillantaisia cicatricosa Lindau
Brillantaisia debilis Burkill
Brillantaisia didynama Lindau
Brillantaisia fulva Lindau
Brillantaisia grandidentata S.Moore
Brillantaisia lamium Benth.
Brillantaisia lancifolia Lindau
Brillantaisia madagascariensis T.Anderson ex Lindau
Brillantaisia majestica Wernham
Brillantaisia oligantha Milne-Redh.
Brillantaisia owariensis P.Beauv.
Brillantaisia pubescens T. Anderson ex Oliv.
Brillantaisia richardsiae Vollesen
Brillantaisia riparia (Vollesen & Brummitt) Sidwell
Brillantaisia stenopteris Sidwell
Brillantaisia ulugurica Lindau
Brillantaisia vogeliana Benth.

References

"Genus: Brillantaisia". biodiversity explorer. iziko museums. Archived from the original on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
"Brillantaisia lamium" (PDF). Queensland government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
"Brillantaisia". The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Retrieved 29 January 2013.