Graptophyllum
{{short description|Species of plant}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Starr_980529-4168_Graptophyllum_pictum.jpg
|image_caption = Graptophyllum pictum
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Graptophyllum
|authority = Nees (1832)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 15; see text
|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:608-1 Graptophyllum Nees]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
|synonyms =
- Earlia {{small|F.Muell. (1863)}}
- Marama {{small|Raf. (1838)}}
}}
Graptophyllum is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 15 species with a disjunct distribution, with one species (Graptophyllum glandulosum) native to tropical Africa, and the others to New Guinea, Queensland, and the southwest Pacific Islands.
Species
15 species are accepted:
- Graptophyllum balansae {{small|Heine}} - New Caledonia
- Graptophyllum excelsum {{small|(F.Muell.) Druce}} – scarlet fuchsia, prickly fuchsia [https://web.archive.org/web/20080727035031/http://cms.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/planttownsville/JCUDEV_005917], Queensland
- Graptophyllum gilliganii {{small|(F.M.Bailey) S.Moore}} – New Guinea
- Graptophyllum glandulosum {{small|Turrill}} – Nigeria, Cameroon, and Central African Republic
- Graptophyllum ilicifolium {{small|(F.Muell.) Benth.}} – Mount Blackwood holly, holly fuchsia,[http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s855580.htm], or holly-leaved graptophyllum [http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=8601], northeastern Queensland
- Graptophyllum insularum {{small|(A.Gray) A.C.Sm.}} – Fiji and Tonga
- Graptophyllum macrostemon {{small|Heine}} - New Caledonia – northwestern New Caledonia
- Graptophyllum ophioliticum {{small|Heine}} - New Caledonia – northwestern New Caledonia (Mount Homédéboa)
- Graptophyllum pictum {{small|(L.) Griff.}} – caricature plant, New Guinea
- Graptophyllum pubiflorum {{small|S.Moore}} – New Guinea
- Graptophyllum repandum {{small|(A.Gray) A.C.Sm.}} – Fiji
- Graptophyllum reticulatum {{small|A.R.Bean & Sharpe}} – reticulated holly or veiny graptophyllum [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/g-reticulatum.html], Queensland
- Graptophyllum sessilifolium {{small|A.C.Sm.}} – Fiji (Vanua Levu)
- Graptophyllum spinigerum {{small|F.Muell.}} – Queensland [http://www.anbg.gov.au/photo/apii/genus/Graptophyllum]
- Graptophyllum thorogoodii {{small|C.T.White}} – Queensland [http://www.anbg.gov.au/photo/apii/genus/Graptophyllum]
References
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Category:Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
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