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Aphelandra

The genus Aphelandra is in the family Acanthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Aphelandra

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Aphelandra acanthifolia Hook. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra acanthus Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra acrensis Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra albert-smithii Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra albinotata Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra alexandri Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra almedae T.F. Daniel Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Aphelandra amelata Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra anderssonii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra andrei Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra antioquiensis Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra arborea (Mill.) M.R.Almeida Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra arisema Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra aristei Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra arnoldii Mildbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra attenuata Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra aurantiaca (Scheidw.) Lindl. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Aphelandra auriculata Lindau Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Aphelandra azuayensis Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra bahiensis (Nees) Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra barkleyi Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra benoistii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra blanchetiana (Nees) Hook.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra blandii Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra botanodes Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra boyacensis Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra bradeana Rizzini Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra campanensis Durkee Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra campii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra caput-medusae Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra castanifolia Britton ex Rusby Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra chamissoniana Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra chaponensis Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra chrysantha Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra cinnabarina Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra cirsioides Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra claussenii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra colombiensis Lindau ex Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra colorata (Vell.) Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra columbiensis Lindau Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Aphelandra concinna Rizzini Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra conformis Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra crenata Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra crenatifolia Rizzini Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra crispata Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra cristata (Jacq.) R. Br. ex W.T. Aiton Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Aphelandra cuatrecasasii Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra cuscoensis Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra darienensis Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra dasyantha Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra decorata (Nees) Wassh. Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra dehnhardtii Ten. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra diachyla Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra dielsii Mildbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra diffusa Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra dodsonii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra dolichantha Donn.Sm. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra × dubia L.Linden & Rodigas Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra dukei Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra dunlapiana Standl. & L.O.Williams Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra dusenii Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra encarnacionii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra espirito-santensis Profice & Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra euopla Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra eurystoma Mildbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra fasciculata Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra fernandezii Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra ferreyrae Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra flava Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra formosa (Humb. & Bonpl.) Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra fosbergii Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra galba Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra galeottiana M. Martens Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Aphelandra garciae Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra gigantiflora Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra glabrata Willd. ex Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra golfodulcensis McDade Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra golfodulcensis mcdade x sinclairiana Nees Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Aphelandra goodspeedii Standl. & F.A.Barkley Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra gracilis Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra gracilis leonard x sinclairiana Nees Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Aphelandra grandis Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra grangeri Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra grazielae Profice Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra guayasii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra guerrerensis Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra gunnarii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra hapala Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra harleyi Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra harlingii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra hartwegiana Nees ex Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra haughtii Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra heydeana Donn.Sm. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra hieronymi Griseb. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra hintonii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra hirta (Klotzsch) Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra huilensis Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra hylaea Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra hymenobracteata Profice Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra ignea Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra ignea Nees ex Steud. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Aphelandra illustrata auct. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra impressa Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra inaequalis Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra jacobinioides Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra juninensis Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra kingii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra kolobantha Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra kuna T.F.Daniel & McDade Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra lamprantha Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra lasia Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra lasiophylla Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra lateritia Loudon Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra latibracteata Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra lawranceae Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra laxa Durkee Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra lehmannii Lindau Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Aphelandra leonardii McDade Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra liboniana Linden ex Hook.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra lilacina C.Ezcurra Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra limbatifolia Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra lineariloba Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra lingua-bovis Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra longibracteolata Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra longiracemosa Lindl. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra loxensis Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra luyensis Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra lyrata Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra macedoiana L.Linden & Rodigas Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra macleayi Bedd. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra macrophylla Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra macrosiphon Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra macrostachya Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra maculata (Tafalla ex Nees) Voss Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra madrensis Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra margaritae E.Morren Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra marginata Nees & E.Morren Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra martiusii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra maximiliana (Nees) Benth. ex Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra mediaurata Cogn. & Marchal Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra micans Moritz ex Vatke Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra mildbraediana Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra modesta (Mildbr.) Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra molinae T.F.Daniel Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra mollis (Nees) Leonard Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra mollissima Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra montis-scalaris Lindau ex Pilg. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra mucronata (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra neesiana Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra neillii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra nemoralis Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra nephoica Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra nervosa T.Anderson Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra nobilis auct. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra nuda Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra obtusa (Nees) Wassh. Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra obtusifolia (Nees) Wassh. Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra ornata (Nees) T.Anderson Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra panamensis McDade Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra parviflora Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra parvispica Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra paulensis Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra pepe-parodii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra peruviana Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra phaina Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra pharangophila Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra phlogea Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra phrynioides Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra pilosa Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra pinarotricha Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra porphyrocarpa Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra prismatica (Vell.) Hiern Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra pulcherrima (Jacq.) Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra pyramidale Willd. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Aphelandra quadrifaria Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra reticulata Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra rigida Glaz. ex Mildbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra rosulata (Lindau) Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra rubra Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra runcinata Klotzsch ex Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra rusbyi Britton Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra scabra (Vahl) Sm. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra schiedeana Schltdl. & Cham. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra schieferae Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra schultzii Mildbr. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Aphelandra scolnikae Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra seibertii Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra sericantha Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra silvicola Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra sinclairiana Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra speciosa Brandegee Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra squarrosa Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra stenophylla Mildbr. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Aphelandra stephanophysa Nees Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra steyermarkii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra storkii Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra straminea Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra sulphurea Hook.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra superba Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra taborensis Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra tenuiflora Regel & Rach Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra terryae Standl. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra tetroicia Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra tillettii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra tomentosa Lindau Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra tonduzii Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra trianae Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra tridentata Hemsl. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra tumbecensis Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra variegata C.Morel ex Planch. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra verticillata Nees ex Hemsl. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra villonacensis Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra viscosa Mildbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra wasshausenii Profice Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra weberbaueri Mildbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra wendtii T.F.Daniel Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra wurdackii Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra xanthantha Leonard Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Aphelandra zamorensis Wassh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 365 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Aphelandra. Of these 196 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 31 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Aphelandra. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 365 species names for the genus Aphelandra recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 196 53.7%
◕ Synonym 129 35.3%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 40 11.0%

All names

The status of the 396 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Aphelandra recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 197 49.7%
◕ Synonym 159 40.2%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 40 10.1%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 365 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Aphelandra, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 192 127 0 0 319 87.4%
Low confidence 4 2 0 40 46 12.6%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Aphelandra is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 2 26 0 10 0 38 10.4%
WCSP (in review) 194 103 0 30 0 327 89.6%