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Barleria elegans (Common names: Eng.: white bushveld barleria; Afr.: wit bosviooltjie) is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a spiny perennial herb or subshrub native to Angola and Namibia, and to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, and the Northern Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.[1]

Two subspecies are accepted:[1]

  • Barleria elegans subsp. elegans – Angola and northwestern Namibia
  • Barleria elegans subsp. orientalis I.Darbysh. – Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Northern Provinces, and KwaZulu-Natal

References

  1. ^ a b c Barleria elegans S.Moore ex C.B.Clarke. Plants of the World Online Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. ^ Moore, Spencer Le Marchant Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 18: 269. 1880

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