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Genus: Dicliptera
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> Family: Acanthaceae
About 150 species, found worldwide in warm and tropical
regions. There are 20 species native to southern Africa and one species
cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
Dicliptera capensis
Annual, occasionally perennial, herb,
growing to height of 0.5 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape
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Dicliptera clinopodia
Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height
of 1.2 m. See Pooley (1998: 436); Onderstall (1984: 184). Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland,
Zimbabwe.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Dicliptera divaricata
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.45
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga; Swaziland
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Dicliptera eenii
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to
height of 0.6 m. See
van Wyk & Malan (1997: 188). Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo, North West, Gauteng; Namibia, Zimbabwe
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Dicliptera extenta
Annual or perennial herb, growing to height
of 0.6 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga,
Limpopo; Swaziland, Zimbabwe.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Dicliptera foetida
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Dicliptera fionae
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.3
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo
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Dicliptera fruticosa
Perennial herb growing to height of 1.5
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo.
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Dicliptera heterostegia
Perennial herb growing to height of 1.5
m. See Pooley (1998: 436). Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland,
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Dicliptera hirta
Annual herb growing to height of 0.6
m. Distribution in southern Africa: Botswana, Zimbabwe.
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Dicliptera leistneri
Perennial herb growing to height of 1
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > North West, Gauteng, Free State, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape.
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Dicliptera magaliesbergensis
Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height
of 0.5 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > North West, Gauteng
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Dicliptera melleri Annual herb growing to height of 0.6
m. Distribution in southern Africa: Botswana, Zimbabwe.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Dicliptera minor
Annual herb growing to height of 0.25
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West; Botswana
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Dicliptera monroi
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Dicliptera pumila
Recorded from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Dicliptera quintasii
Annual, occasionally perennial, herb
growing to height of 0.6 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal
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Dicliptera serpenticola
[= Peristrophe serpenticola]
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Dicliptera spinulosa
Annual herb growing to height of 0.6
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Botswana; Namibia, Zimbabwe.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Dicliptera swynnertonii
Annual herb growing to height of 1 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal, Zimbabwe
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Dicliptera syringifolia
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
References
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Balkwill, K., Getliffe Norris, F. & Balkwill, M.-J.
1996. Systematic studies in the Acanthaceae: Dicliptera in southern
Africa. Kew Bulletin 51: 1-61.
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Onderstall,
J. 1984. Transvaal Lowveld and Escarpment including the Kruger National
Park. South African
Wild Flower Guide 4. Botanical Society of Southern
Africa, Kirstenbosch.
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Pooley, E. 1998. A Field Guide
to Wild Flowers KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora
Publications Trust, Durban.
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van Wyk, B. &
Malan, S. 1997. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Highveld. 2nd
edition. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
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Welman, W.G. 2003. Acanthaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 92-106. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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