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Brachystephanus
Sign in to saveBrachystephanus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 21 species native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.
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Vinony's link graph records 7 inbound references to Brachystephanus, and connects out to Acanthoideae, Madagascar and plant.
It sits within the topics Acanthaceae genera, Brachystephanus and Flora of the Afrotropical realm.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 60
- With media
- 59
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Collections
- CAS, MO
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Tanzania, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Cameroon
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Brachystephanus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 21 species native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.
==Species== 21 species are accepted. Brachystephanus africanus Brachystephanus calostachyus Brachystephanus coeruleus Brachystephanus congensis Brachystephanus densiflorus Brachystephanus giganteus Brachystephanus glaberrimus Brachystephanus holstii Brachystephanus jaundensis Brachystephanus jaundensis var. brevitubus Brachystephanus jaundensis subsp. jaundensis Brachystephanus jaundensis subsp. nemoralis Brachystephanus jaundensis subsp. nimbae (syn. Brachystephanus nimbae ) Brachystephanus kupeensis Brachystephanus laxispicatus Brachystephanus longiflorus Brachystephanus lyallii Brachystephanus mannii Brachystephanus montifuga Brachystephanus myrmecophilus Brachystephanus occidentalis Brachystephanus oreacanthus Brachystephanus roseus Brachystephanus schliebenii Brachystephanus sudanicus
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