Elytraria

Elytraria
Elytraria bromoides botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Nelsonioideae
Genus:
Michx. (1803)[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]

Elytraria, scalystem, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, with a pantropical distribution. They tend to lack stems.[3] Includes 22 species.

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Elytraria acaulis (L.f.) Lindau
  • Elytraria bissei H.Dietr.
  • Elytraria bromoides Oerst.
  • Elytraria caroliniensis (J.F.Gmel.) Pers.
  • Elytraria cubana Alain
  • Elytraria filicaulis Borhidi & O.Muñiz
  • Elytraria imbricata (Vahl) Pers.
  • Elytraria ivorensis Dokosi
  • Elytraria klugii Leonard
  • Elytraria macrophylla Leonard
  • Elytraria madagascariensis (Benoist) E.Hossain
  • Elytraria marginata Vahl
  • Elytraria maritima J.K.Morton
  • Elytraria mexicana Fryxell & S.D.Koch
  • Elytraria minor Dokosi
  • Elytraria nodosa E.Hossain
  • Elytraria planifolia Leonard
  • Elytraria prolifera Leonard
  • Elytraria serpens Greuter & R.Rankin
  • Elytraria shaferi (P.Wilson) Leonard
  • Elytraria spathulifolia Borhidi & O.Muñiz
  • Elytraria tuberosa Leonard

References

  1. ^ Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 8 (1803)
  2. ^ a b "Elytraria Michx". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. ^ Wiggins, Ira L.; Porter, Duncan M. (1971). Flora of the Galápagos Islands. Stanford University Press. p. 264. ISBN 9780804707329.
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