Acanthaceae
Dianthera

Dianthera laevilinguis (Nees) Lindau

First published in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 20 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Mexico, Trinidad to S. Tropical America. It is a subshrub or helophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [Cited as Justicia laevilinguis.]
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224. [Cited as Justicia laevilinguis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Marchioretto, M.S., Pires da Silva, V.R.S. & Parode, M.F. (2015). A família Acanthaceae Juss. no Rio Grande do Sul. Pesquisas: Botanica 68: 7-82.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Linden, J. [187] Mexico Justicia anagallis K000064556 Type Yes
Galeotti, H.G. [908] Mexico Justicia anagallis K000064557 Type Yes
Usteri, A. [149] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033285 Yes
s.coll. [366] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033287 Yes
Tweedie [769] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033273 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [PCD/3394] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033271 Yes
Harley, R.M. [21426] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033281 Yes
Sasaki, D.; Henicka, G.S.; Piva, J.H. [1712] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K000578420 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina Justicia laevilinguis K000529453 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033276 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [652] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033280 Yes
Tweedie [768] Argentina Justicia laevilinguis K001033275 Yes
Usteri [153] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033269 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Justicia laevilinguis K001033272 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [14191] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033284 Yes
Dawe, M.J. [s.n.] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033277 Yes
Souza, V.C. [5385] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033270 Yes
Bolland, G. [s.n.] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033278 Yes
Usteri, A. [149] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033286 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [2363] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033283 Yes
Smith, L.B. [7241] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033282 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K000529452 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K000529451 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drouet, F. [2583A] Brazil Justicia laevilinguis K001033279 Yes
Tweedie [772] Justicia laevilinguis K001033274 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Uruguay Justicia laevilinguis K000529450 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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