Acanthaceae
Barleria

Barleria lancifolia T.Anderson

First published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 28 (1863)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mauritania, S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Cuba

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Darbyshire, I., Manzitto-Tripp, E.A. & Chase, F.M. (2021). A taxonomic revision of Acanthaceae tribe Barlerieae in Angola and Namibia. Part 2. Kew Bulletin 76: 127-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Flora Zambesiaca 8(6): 1-314. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 28 (1863).
  • in Merxmüller, Prodr. Fl. SW Afr. 130: 15 (1968).
  • —Compton, Fl. Swaziland: 553 (1976).
  • —Fabian & Germishuizen, Wild Fl. Nthn. S. Afr.: 390, pl.187 (1997).
  • —Meyer in Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 381 (1957).
  • —Moore in J. Bot. 40: 407 (1902).
  • —Obermeijer in Ann. Transv. Mus. 15: 147 (1933), excl. B. alata S. Moore.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2008 Crawford, F. [16] Namibia K000450263 Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Crawford, F. [16] Namibia K000450264 Yes
May 1, 2008 Kolberg et al. [HK1472] Namibia K000449632 Yes
Hichobes, M.M. [1823] Namibia K001590070 Yes
Rügheimer, S.; Burke, A.; Klaassen, E.S.; Nanyeni, L. [3143] Namibia K001590073 Yes
de Hoogh, R.J. [195] Botswana K001590128 Yes
Gossweiler [10960] Angola K000394512 Type Yes
Welwitsch [5195] Angola K000394514 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [1266] South Africa K000394532 Syntype Yes

Sources

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • 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

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