- Family: Plantaginaceae Juss.
- Genus: Angelonia Bonpl.
Angelonia biflora Benth.
- Genus: Angelonia Bonpl.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Colombia to Brazil.
Descriptions
According to Flora of Tropical East Africa
[FTEA]Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008
- Type
- Type: Brazil, Ceara, Gardner 1795 (K!, holo.)
- Habit
- Perennial herb 40–60 cm high, viscid-pubescent throughout.
- Stem
- Stems several, simple, ± quadrangular
- Leaves
- Leaves linear to narrowly linear-ovate, 3–9 cm long, 5–9(–14) mm wide, sessile, ± cuneate at base, very acute at apex, margins shallowly serrate
- Bracts
- Bracts similar to leaves diminishing in size upwards, longer than the pedicels.
- Pedicel
- Pedicels 1–2 cm long, curved in fruit
- Flowers
- Flowers blue-purple, with white throat, usually 2 in each upper axil
- Calyx
- Calyx ± 4 mm long, 5-lobed, lobes ± equal, acuminate
- Corolla
- Corolla 2-lipped, ± 1 cm long and 2 cm across, with small glands all over; lobes 5, ± equal; lower lip with a central cavity and thrust forward.
- Style
- Style and stigma glabrous
- Fruits
- Capsule rotund, ± 5 mm in diameter
- Figures
- Fig 4, p 17
- Ecology
- Waste and disturbed land, near streams; ± 950 m
- Conservation
- Least Concern (LC)
- Note
- This species has been misidentified as A. salicariifolia Humb. & Bonpl., A. goyazensis Benth. and A. grandiflora Morren.
- Distribution
- Range: South Africa, Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues. Apparently introduced recently, but now naturalised. Native to Brazil, now widely cultivated and often naturalized throughout tropical Asia and parts of tropical Africa Flora districts: T3
Uses
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Distribution
Native to:
Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Guyana
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Borneo, Cook Is., Fiji, Kenya, Madagascar, Marquesas, Mauritius, Pitcairn Is., Rodrigues, Réunion, Society Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Vanuatu
Other Data
Angelonia biflora Benth. appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (11 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1, 1981 | Gardner [1795], Ceará | K000528897 | holotype | |
Gardner [s.n.], Brazil | K000528898 | |||
Gardner [1795], Ceará | K000528899 | isotype | ||
Ule, E. [9107], Brazil | K001047754 | |||
Drouet, F. [2600], Brazil | K001047755 | |||
Sandeman, C. [2238], Brazil | K001047753 | |||
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [1049], Brazil | K001047748 | |||
Glaziou, A. [6811], Brazil | K001047751 | |||
Lemos, J.R. [133], Brazil | K001047749 | |||
Lima, N. [39], Brazil | K001047750 | |||
Luetzelberg, P. [27077], Brazil | K001047752 |
Bibliography
First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 254 (1846)
Accepted by
- Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
- Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Scrophulariaceae: 1-211.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (2000). Flore des Mascareignes 127-135: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
- Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Scrophulariaceae: 1-211.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (2000). Flore des Mascareignes 127-135: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Fl. Masc. 129: 5 (2000).
- DC., Prodr. 10: 254 (1846)
Sources
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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