Acanthaceae
Crossandra

Crossandra greenstockii S.Moore

First published in J. Bot. 18: 37 (1880)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mozambique to S. Africa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Vollesen, K. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(5): 1-184. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke in F.C. 5: 37 (1912).
  • Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 476 (1997).
  • Phillips in Fl. Pl. Africa 2: pl.77 (1922).
  • S. Moore in J. Bot. 18: 37 (1880).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 24, 1900 Atherstone, W.G. [s.n.] South Africa K000394709 Type Yes
Jan 24, 1900 McLea, J.H. [3088] South Africa K000394710 Type Yes
Jan 24, 1900 Greenstock [s.n.] South Africa K000394714 Type Yes
Jan 24, 1900 Nelson, W. [92] South Africa K000394713 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nelson, W. [405] South Africa K000394711 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rehmann, A. [4878] South Africa K000394712 Unknown Type Material Yes
de Kruif, A.P.M. [1282] Malawi K001574491 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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