Oplonia is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 21 species native to western South America (Peru, Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina), the Caribbean, and Madagascar.[1]
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| Oplonia spinosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Justicieae |
| Genus: | Oplonia Raf. (1838) |
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Species edit
21 species are accepted.[1]
- Oplonia acicularis (Sw.) Stearn
- Oplonia acuminata Stearn
- Oplonia acunae Borhidi
- Oplonia armata (Sw.) Stearn
- Oplonia cubensis Borhidi
- Oplonia grandiflora (Lindau) Stearn
- Oplonia hutchisonii Wassh.
- Oplonia jamaicensis (Lindau) Stearn
- Oplonia jujuyensis Wassh. & C.Ezcurra
- Oplonia linifolia (Benoist) Stearn
- Oplonia microphylla (Lam.) Stearn
- Oplonia minor (Benoist) Stearn
- Oplonia moana Borhidi
- Oplonia multigemma Borhidi
- Oplonia nannophylla (Urb.) Stearn
- Oplonia polyece (Stearn) Borhidi
- Oplonia puberula Stearn
- Oplonia purpurascens (Griseb.) Stearn
- Oplonia spinosa (Jacq.) Raf.
- Oplonia tetrasticha (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Stearn
- Oplonia vincoides (Lam.) Stearn
References edit
- ^ a b c Oplonia Raf. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
External links edit
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Wikispecies has information related to Oplonia.
- GBIF entry
- ITIS entry
- JSTOR Plant Science entries
- USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry
- USDA PLANTS entry
- Stearn, W. T. 1971. A survey of the tropical genera Oplonia and Psilanthele (Acanthaceae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 4:259–323.
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