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Dicliptera

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Dicliptera
Uruguayan firecracker plant
Dicliptera squarrosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Justicieae
Genus: Dicliptera
Juss.
Species

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Synonyms
  • Brochosiphon Nees[1]
  • Dactylostegium Nees[2]
  • Diapedium J.Koenig
  • Kuniria Raf.
  • Panemata Raf.
  • Peristrophe Nees
  • Ramusia Nees
  • Solenochasma Fenzl
  • Strepsiphus Raf.

Dicliptera[3] is a genus of flowering plants in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. Well-known synonyms include Peristrophe and Dactylostegium.[1]

Host plant

Dicliptera functions as a host plant for the butterfly, Anartia fatima.[4]

Species

Plants of the World Online currently includes:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Plants of the World Online: Dicliptera Juss. (retrieved 7 March 2021)
  2. ^ "Dicliptera Juss". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 23 January 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  3. ^ Jussieu AL de (1807) Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 9: 267.
  4. ^ Silberglied, Robert E.; Aiello, Annette; Lamas, Gerardo (1979). "Neotropical Butterflies of the Genus Anartia: Systematics, Life Histories and General Biology (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 86 (2–3): 219–260. doi:10.1155/1979/50172. ISSN 0033-2615.