Graptophyllum pictum

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: Graptophyllum
Species: Graptophyllum pictum
Varietas: G. p. var. luridosanguineum – G. p. var. viride
Name

Graptophyllum pictum (L.) Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 139. 1854.
Synonyms

Basionym
Justicia picta L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 21. 1762.

Homotypic
Graptophyllum hortense Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 102 1832, nom. illeg.
Marama picta (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 62. 1838.

Heterotypic
Graptophyllum hortense var. luridosanguineum (Sims) Chitt., Roy. Hort. Soc. Dict. Gard. 2: 921. 1951.
Graptophyllum hortense var. rubrum Hassk., Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. 150. 1844.
Graptophyllum hortense var. viride Hassk., Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. 150. 1844.
Graptophyllum medioauratum Linden ex K.Koch, Wochenschr. Vereines Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten 14: 159. 1871.
Graptophyllum pictum var. luridosanguineum (Sims) Bremek. & Backer, Bekn. Fl. Java 9B: 71. 1949.
Graptophyllum pictum var. viride (Hassk.) Bremek. & Backer, Bekn. Fl. Java 9B: 71. 1949.
Graptophyllum picturatum W.Bull, Retail List New Beautiful Rare Pl. 1895: 7. 1895.
Justicia carayana F.Newman ex Nees in DC., Prodr. 11: 328. 1847.
Justicia klotzschiana Hoffm. ex Nees in DC., Prodr. 11: 328. 1847.
Justicia violacea Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 18. 1790.
Monechma violaceum Nees in DC., Prodr. 11: 411. 1847.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental:Australasia
Regional:Australia
New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)

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

Griffith, W. (1854) Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 139.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Graptophyllum pictum. 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. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Graptophyllum pictum. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 12 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Graptophyllum pictum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 12.
Tropicos.org 2018. Graptophyllum pictum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 12.
The Plant List 2013. Version 1.1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Mar 19.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Graptophyllum pictum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Graptophyllum pictum, the caricature-plant, is a shrub in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to New Guinea, also a well-known garden shrub. There are two varieties: the variegated color one is known as 'white adulsa', and is used combined with coconut water to reduce swelling. The dark-leaved variety is known with trade name 'black adulsa' in India.

Leaf morphology

The shape of the leaf is aristate. The margin of the leaf is undulate. The venation of the leaf is reticulate in the variegated form.
A group of plants of this species in the Andromeda Botanic Gardens, Barbados

References

This article incorporates text from Pharmacographica indica, a publication from 1893, now in the public domain in the United States.