Acanthaceae
Dicliptera

Dicliptera obanensis S.Moore

First published in A.B.Rendle & al., Cat. Pl. Oban: 90 (1913)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Dicliptera foetida.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Cat. Talb. 90 (1913).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2006 Lane, P. [254] Cameroon K000008858 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [4493] Cameroon K000197539 Yes
Dec 1, 1995 Lane, P. [319] Cameroon K000011289 Yes
Jul 1, 1994 Cable, S. [655] Cameroon K000011288 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Cable, S. [243] Cameroon K000011287 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [5485] Cameroon K000011290 No
Ensermu, K. [3616] Cameroon K001401209 Yes
Talbot, P.A.; Talbot [s.n.] Nigeria K000378953 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • 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