Acanthaceae
Barleria

Barleria ventricosa Hochst. ex Nees

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 230 (1847)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa, Yemen. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2010). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae (Part 2): 287-756.
  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Flora Zambesiaca 8(6): 1-314. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in De Candolle, Prodr. 11: 230 (1847).
  • —Clarke in F.T.A. 5: 164 (1899) in part, excl. Fischer 135.
  • —Darbyshire in F.T.E.A., Acanthaceae 2: 360 (2010).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Flora Zambesiaca 8(6): 1-314. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Hedrén [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2011 Kuchar, P. [23776] Tanzania K000546061 Yes
Aug 1, 2011 Kuchar, P. [24887] Tanzania K000546060 Yes
Mar 19, 1897 Schimper [1903] Ethiopia K000394459 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 19, 1897 Schimper [42] Ethiopia K000394457 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 19, 1897 Schimper [42] Ethiopia K000394458 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [38] Ethiopia K:SPC-51053.000 No
Parkyns, M. [s.n.] Ethiopia K000394460 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [131] Kenya K:SPC-02799.000 No
Tweedie [838] Kenya K:SPC-02798.000 No
Mar 20, 1897 unknown [37] Uganda Barleria vix-dentata K000394436 Type Yes
Mar 2, 1897 Scott Elliot, G.F. [s.n.] Uganda Barleria micrantha K000394576 Type Yes
Thomas, F. [6500] Kenya Barleria keniensis K000394572 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 19, 1939 Hornby [109] Barleria stuhlmannii K000779577 Type Yes
Mar 19, 1897 Speke; Grant [665] Uganda Barleria grantii K000394437 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0