Acanthaceae
Hypoestes

Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 1: 141 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula, Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China. It is a scrambling annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I. (2015). The genus Hypoestes (Acanthaceae) in Angola. Kew Bulletin 70(44): 1-10. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2010). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae (Part 2): 287-756.
  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Flora Zambesiaca 8(6): 1-314. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Deng, Y.F., Li, Z.Y., Wang, Q. & Peng, H. (2020). Flora of Pan-Himalaya 46: 1-570. Science Press, Beijing. Cambridge University Press.
  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (2001). Flora of Bhutan 2: 1-1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Ningombam, D.S. (2014). The family Acanthaceae for the flora of Manipur: 1-115. LAP Lambert academic publishing.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Kew Bulletin

  • (Roemer & Schultes 1817: 141);
  • Balkwill, K. & Getliffe-Norris, F. (1984). Taxonomic studies in the Acanthaceae; the genus Hypoestes in southern Africa. S. African J. Bot. 51: 133 – 144.
  • Benoist (1942: 243);
  • Benoist, R. (1942). Les HypoestesAfricains. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 241 – 248.
  • Benoist, R. (1950). QuelquesAcanthacées des colonies PortugaisesAfricanes. Bol. Soc. Brot. Sér. 2, 24: 5 – 39.
  • Brown, R. (1814). List of new and rare plants collected in Abyssinia during the years 1805 and 1810. Appendix 4. In: H. Salt, A voyage to Abyssinia: and travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British government, in the years 1809 and 1810. F. C. & J. Rivington, London.
  • Clarke (1900: 247);
  • Clarke, C. B. (1900). Hypoestes. In: W. T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Flora of Tropical Africa Vol. 5: 244 – 252. L. Reeve & Co., London.
  • Clarke, C. B. (1901). Hypoestes. In: W. T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed.), Flora Capensis. Vol. 5 (Part 1): 86 – 89. L. Reeve & Co., London.
  • Darbyshire (2010: 720; 2015: 296).
  • Darbyshire, I. (2010). Hypoestes. In: H. Beentje (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. Acanthaceae (Part 2): 719 – 729. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I. (2015). Hypoestes. In: J. R. Timberlake & E. S. Martins (eds), Flora Zambesiaca. Vol. 8, pt 6: 295 – 304. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dyer, R. A. (1975). The genera of Southern African flowering plants, Vol. 1. Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Pretoria.
  • EnsermuKelbessa (2006). Acanthaceae. In: I. Hedberg, EnsermuKelbessa, S. Edwards, SebsebeDemissew & E. Persson (eds), Flora of Ethiopia & Eritrea. Vol. 5: 345 – 452. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University & The Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala University.
  • Hedrén, M. & Thulin, M. (2015). A replacement name for a species of Hypoestes (Acanthaceae) from Somalia. Willdenowia 45: 93.
  • Hedrén, M. (2006a). Hypoestes. In: M. Thulin (ed.), Flora of Somalia, Vol. 3: 425 – 427. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedrén, M. (2006b). New species and combinations in Acanthaceae from Somalia. Willdenowia 36: 751 – 759.
  • Heine (1963: 431); Balkwill & Getliffe-Norris (1984: 139);
  • Heine, H. (1963). Acanthaceae. In: F. N. Hepper (ed.), Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 2: 391 – 432. Second Edition. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Heine, H. (1966). Flore du Gabon 13. Acanthacées. Muséum National d’HistoireNaturelle, Paris.
  • Hiern, W. P. H. (1900). Catalogue of the African plants collected by Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 – 1861. Dicotyledons, part IV Lentibulariaceae to Ceratophylleae. British Museum (Natural History), London.
  • IUCN (2012). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 3.1. Second Edition. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN, Gland and Cambridge.
  • IUCN (2013). Guidelines for using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 10.1. Available at http://jr.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf. Accessed 13 Dec. 2013.
  • Mabberley, D. J. (2008). Mabberley’s Plant-Book. Third Edition. Cambridge University Press.
  • Makholela, T. (2008). Acanthaceae. In: E. Figueiredo & G. F. Smith, Plants of Angola / Plantas de Angola. Strelitzia 22: 21 – 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
  • McDade, L. A., Daniel, T. F. & Kiel, C. A. (2008). Toward a comprehensive understanding of phylogentic relationships among lineages of Acanthaceaes.l. (Lamiales). Amer. J. Bot. 95: 1136 – 1152.
  • McDade, L. A., Daniel, T. F., Masta, S. E. & Riley, K. M. (2000). Phylogenetic relationships within the tribe Justicieae (Acanthaceae): evidence from molecular sequences, morphology and cytology. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87: 435 – 458.
  • Moore (1930: 138);
  • Moore, S. le M. (1880a). Alabastra Diversa. Pars tertia. J. Bot. 18: 1 – 8 & 37 – 42.
  • Moore, S. le M. (1880b). EnumeratioAcanthacearumHerbariiWelwitschianiAngolensis. J. Bot. 18: 193 − 199, 225 − 233, 265 − 270, 307 − 314, 340 − 342 & 362 − 366.
  • Moore, S. le M.(1930). Mr John Gossweiler’s plants from Angola and Portuguese Congo. Acanthaceae. J. Bot. 68, Suppl. II: 126 – 139.
  • Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. D. (1847). Acanthaceae. In: A. de Candolle (ed.), ProdromusSystematis Naturalis RegniVegetabilis. Part 11: 46 – 519. Masson, Paris.
  • Roemer, J. J. & Schultes, J. A. (1817). Systemavegetabilium: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species. Edn 15, Vol. 1. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae.
  • White, F. (1983). Vegetation of Africa. A Descriptive Memoir to Accompany the UNESCO/AETFAT/UNSO Vegetation Map of Africa. UNESCO, Paris.
  • Wickens, G. E. (1976). The Flora of Jebel Marra (Sudan Republic) and its geographical affinities. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 5: 1 – 368.
  • Wood, J. R. I., Hillcoat, D. & Brummitt, R. K. (1983). Notes on the types of some names of Arabian Acanthaceae in the Forsskal herbarium. Kew Bull. 38: 429 – 456.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Benoist in Notulae Syst. 10: 243 (1942)
  • Chev. Bot. 602
  • F.T.A. 5:247
  • Milne-Redhead in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 27 (1954)
  • Syst. Veg. 1: 141 (1817)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Syst. Veg. 1: 141 (1817).
  • in Fl. Cap. 5: 87 (1901).
  • —Clarke in F.T.A. 5: 247 (1900).
  • —Darbyshire in F.T.E.A., Acanthaceae 2: 720 (2010).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I. (2015). The genus Hypoestes (Acanthaceae) in Angola. Kew Bulletin 70(44): 1-10. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Ningombam, D.S. (2014). The family Acanthaceae for the flora of Manipur: 1-115. LAP Lambert academic publishing.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 11, 2015 Forrest, G. [25314] China K000938729 Yes
Oct 1, 2012 Gereau, R.E., et al. [7261] Tanzania K000662425 Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Freidberg, A. [Eth 106 A] Ethiopia K000191275 Yes
Nov 1, 2004 Bally, P.R.O. [4862] Kenya K000333813 Yes
Oct 1, 2004 Napper, D.M. [1818] Kenya K000333825 Yes
Oct 1, 2004 Tweedie [886] Kenya K000333827 Yes
Oct 1, 2004 Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [8838] Kenya K000333829 Yes
Oct 1, 2004 Napier, E.R. [2618] Kenya K000333822 Yes
Sep 1, 2004 Luke, W.R.Q.; Mwatsuma, D.; Hoft, M. [8992] Kenya K000333816 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [8943] Cameroon K000109432 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [4047] Cameroon K000109431 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4573] Cameroon K000339106 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Cheek, M. [8685] Cameroon K000339103 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Etuge, M. [3390] Cameroon K000339102 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Kamundi, D. [672] Cameroon K000339105 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Cheek, M. [8720] Cameroon K000339104 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Sidwell, K. [59] Cameroon K000518954 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Watts, J. [463] Cameroon K000011364 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [375] Cameroon K000011365 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Nemba, J. [930] Cameroon K000029405 Yes
Sep 1, 1988 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8922] Cameroon K000029403 Yes
Feb 1, 1978 Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri, K. [15078] Kenya K000333830 Yes
Feb 1, 1978 Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri, K. [14848] Kenya K000333832 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Morton, J.K. [1034] Cameroon K000029417 Yes
May 18, 1897 Schimper [600] Ethiopia K000379100 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 18, 1897 Schimper [641] Ethiopia K000379099 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 18, 1897 Schimper [1985] Ethiopia K000379105 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 18, 1897 Schimper [1985] Ethiopia K000379104 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1897 Mann, G. [1979] Cameroon K000029414 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Jaeger, P.M.L. [7081] Kenya K000333810 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3958] Zambia K:SPC-02829.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, H.H. [1387] Tanzania K:SPC-04233.000 No
Mildbraed, G., W. J. [10810] Cameroon K000029415 Yes
Lind, E.M. [2828] Kenya K000333817 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [9397] Cameroon K000029418 Yes
Kabuye, C.H.S. [62] Kenya K000333818 Yes
Adamson, J. [89] Kenya K000333826 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 28476 A] Cameroon K000029409 Yes
Napper, D.M. [1820] Kenya K000333821 Yes
Goyder, D. J.; Maiato, F.; Luis, J. C. [8639] Angola K001581879 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [5217] Kenya K000333833 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [1085] Angola K001009798 Yes
Dawey [1509] Kenya K000333811 Yes
Dunlap [36] Cameroon K000029411 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [2633] Cameroon K000029407 Yes
Migeod, F., W. H. [150] Cameroon K000029416 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [9300] Cameroon K000011363 Yes
Williams, J.G. [74-61] Kenya K000333834 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [2936] Cameroon K000029406 Yes
Sanford, W.W. [5523] Cameroon K000029404 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [257] Cameroon K000029412 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [1162] Kenya K000333819 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [1037] Kenya K:SPC-02830.000 No
Vollesen, K. [682] Kenya K000333812 Yes
Napper, D.M. [1487] Kenya K000333823 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri, K. [13827] Kenya K000333831 Yes
Harris, T. [546] Malawi K000614628 Yes
Preuss [745] Cameroon K000379043 Type Yes
Preuss [745] Cameroon K000029419 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [4930] Kenya K000333814 Yes
Battiscombe, E. [1045] Kenya K000333815 Yes
Napier, E.R. [5882] Kenya K000333820 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [826] Cameroon K000029413 Yes
Preuss [599] Cameroon K000379042 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [49] Ethiopia K:SPC-51052.000 No
Dunlap [77] Cameroon K000029410 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [200] Cameroon K000029408 Yes
Napier, E.R. [725] Kenya K000333824 Yes

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