Whitfieldia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 13 species of erect or scrambling shrubs native to tropical Africa. The greatest species diversity is in the Guineo-Congolian rainforests of western and central Africa.[1]
| Whitfieldia | |
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| Whitfieldia elongata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Whitfieldieae |
| Genus: | Whitfieldia Hook. (1845) |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species edit
13 species are accepted:[1]
- Whitfieldia brazzae (Baill.) C.B.Clarke
- Whitfieldia colorata C.B.Clarke ex Stapf
- Whitfieldia elongata (P.Beauv.) De Wild. & T.Durand
- Whitfieldia lateritia Hook.
- Whitfieldia latiflos C.B.Clarke
- Whitfieldia laurentii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
- Whitfieldia liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Durand
- Whitfieldia orientalis Vollesen
- Whitfieldia preussii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
- Whitfieldia purpurata (Benoist) Heine
- Whitfieldia rutilans Heine
- Whitfieldia stuhlmannii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
- Whitfieldia thollonii (Baill.) Benoist
References edit
- ^ a b c Whitfieldia Hook. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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