Nicoteba

Nicoteba betonica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Justicieae
Subtribus: Justiciinae
Genus: Nicoteba
Species: N. betonica – N. fittonioides – N. trinervia – N. versicolor

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Nicoteba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 November 08. Reference page.

Name

Nicoteba Lindau, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(1–2): 56 (1893).

• Type species: Nicoteba betonica (L.) Lindau, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(1–2): 56 (1893).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Mali, Senegal. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka. Regional: Papuasia Solomon Islands (introduced). Continental: Pacific (introduced) Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia, Vanuatu. Regional: South-Central Pacific Cook Islands. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Panama. Regional: Northern South America Guyana. Regional: Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindau, G. 1893. Beiträge zur Systematik der Acanthaceen. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18(1–2): 36–64. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kiel, C.A., Daniel, T.F., Darbyshire, I. & McDade, L.A. 2017. Unraveling relationships in the morphologically diverse and taxonomically challenging “justicioid” lineage (Acanthaceae: Justicieae). Taxon 66(3): 645–674. DOI: 10.12705/663.8 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Nicoteba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 November 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Nicoteba. Published online. Accessed: 08 November 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Nicoteba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 November 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Nicoteba. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 November 08. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Nicoteba. Accessed: 2024 November 26.

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