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Whitfieldia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 13 species of erect or scrambling shrubs native to tropical Africa. The greatest species diversity is in the Guineo-Congolian rainforests of western and central Africa.[1]
Species
13 species are accepted:[1]
- Whitfieldia brazzae (Baill.) C.B.Clarke
- Whitfieldia colorata C.B.Clarke ex Stapf
- Whitfieldia elongata (P.Beauv.) De Wild. & T.Durand
- Whitfieldia lateritia Hook.
- Whitfieldia latiflos C.B.Clarke
- Whitfieldia laurentii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
- Whitfieldia liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Durand
- Whitfieldia orientalis Vollesen
- Whitfieldia preussii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
- Whitfieldia purpurata (Benoist) Heine
- Whitfieldia rutilans Heine
- Whitfieldia stuhlmannii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
- Whitfieldia thollonii (Baill.) Benoist
References
- ^ a b c Whitfieldia Hook. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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