Acanthaceae

Phaulopsis Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 342 (1800), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Africa, Arabian Peninsula, E. Himalaya to China and Indo-China.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Colombia, Jamaica

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Anleit., ed.2 2: 422 (1817), name and spelling conserved.
  • Manktelow in Symb. Bot. Ups. 31(2): 78–164 (1996).
  • Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 342 (1800) as “Phaylopsis”, corrected by Sprengel,

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • F.T.A. 5: 82 (1899)
  • G.P. 2: 1081 (1876)
  • Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. Zu II-IV, 1: 305 (1897)
  • Sp. Pl. 3: 342 (1800), as Phaylopsis, corr. Sprengel, Anleit., ed. 2, 2: 422 (1817), nom. et orth. cons.
  • Symb. Bot. Ups. 31(2): 78 (1996)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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