Elytraria

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: Nelsonioideae
Genus: Elytraria
Species: E. acaulis – E. bissei – E. bromoides – E. caroliniensis – E. cubana – E. filicaulis – E. imbricata – E. ivorensis – E. klugii – E. macrophylla – E. madagascariensis – E. marginata – E. maritima – E. mexicana – E. minor – E. nodosa – E. planifolia – E. prolifera – E. shaferi – E. spathulifolia – E. tuberosa

Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Elytraria. 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 online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 25. Reference page.

Name

Elytraria Michx., 1803

Type species: Elytraria virgata Michx.

Synonyms

Tubiflora J.F. Gmel.

References

Michaux, A., Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 8–9, pl. 1. 1803.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Elytraria. 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 online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Elytraria. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 25 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Elytraria in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 25.
Tropicos.org 2018. Elytraria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jun. 2018.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Elytraria. .

Elytraria, scalystem, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, with a pantropical distribution. They tend to lack stems.[3]
Species

Currently accepted species include:

Elytraria acaulis (L.f.) Lindau
Elytraria bissei H.Dietr.
Elytraria bromoides Oerst.
Elytraria caroliniensis (J.F.Gmel.) Pers.
Elytraria cubana Alain
Elytraria filicaulis Borhidi & O.Muñiz
Elytraria imbricata (Vahl) Pers.
Elytraria ivorensis Dokosi
Elytraria klugii Leonard
Elytraria macrophylla Leonard
Elytraria madagascariensis (Benoist) E.Hossain
Elytraria marginata Vahl
Elytraria maritima J.K.Morton
Elytraria mexicana Fryxell & S.D.Koch
Elytraria minor Dokosi
Elytraria nodosa E.Hossain
Elytraria planifolia Leonard
Elytraria prolifera Leonard
Elytraria shaferi (P.Wilson) Leonard
Elytraria spathulifolia Borhidi & O.Muñiz
Elytraria tuberosa Leonard

References

Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 8 (1803)
"Elytraria Michx". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
Wiggins, Ira L.; Porter, Duncan M. (1971). Flora of the Galápagos Islands. Stanford University Press. p. 264. ISBN 9780804707329.