Dicliptera aripoensis is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago. The species is only known from the Heights of Aripo, in Trinidad's Northern Range. It is a branching shrub, 1–1.5 m tall with red flowers about 3 cm long.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Dicliptera |
| Species: | D. aripoensis
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| Dicliptera aripoensis | |
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Diapedium aripoense Britton | |
The species was described as Diapedium aripoense by American botanist Nathaniel Lord Britton in 1926, based on a collection made by Walter Elias Broadway in 1922.[3] American botanist Emery Clarence Leonard transferred the species to the genus Dicliptera in 1954.[2]
Conservation status edit
Although Dicliptera aripoensis is not listed in the IUCN Red List the authors of a 2008 assessment of the endemic plant species of Trinidad and Tobago considered it a critically endangered because it is known from only a single locality, and this area is shrinking or experiencing habitat degradation.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Oatham, M.; Van den Eynden, V. & Johnson, W. (2017). "Dicliptera aripoensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. IUCN: e.T115945546A115968111. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T115945546A115968111.en. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Dicliptera aripoensis". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. 2009-01-26.
- ^ a b Britton, Nathaniel Lord (1926). "Studies of West Indian Plants-XIII". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 53 (7). Torrey Botanical Society: 457–71. doi:10.2307/2480026. JSTOR 2480026.
- ^ Van den Eynden, Veerle; Michael P. Oatham; Winston Johnson (2008). "How free access internet resources benefit biodiversity and conservation research: Trinidad and Tobago's endemic plants and their conservation status". Oryx. 42 (3): 400–07. doi:10.1017/S0030605308007321.
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