Dyschoriste
Dyschoriste hygrophyloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Tribe: Ruellieae
Genus: Dyschoriste
Nees[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Apassalus Kobuski (1928)
  • Calophanes D.Don (1833)
  • Chaetacanthus Nees (1836)
  • Homotropium Nees (1847)
  • Linostylis Fenzl ex Sond. (1850)
  • Phillipsia Rolfe (1895)
  • Sautiera Decne. (1834)

Dyschoriste is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 98 species native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, and southern Asia.[2] Members of the genus are commonly known as snakeherb.[3]

Etymology

The name comes from the Greek δυσ, poorly, and χωριστός, to split, in reference to the slightly lobed stigma.[4]

Selected species

98 species are accepted.[2] Selected species include:

  • Dyschoriste angusta (A.Gray) Small – Pineland snakeherb
  • Dyschoriste crenulata Kobuski – Wavyleaf snakeherb
  • Dyschoriste hondurensis Leonard
  • Dyschoriste decumbens (A.Gray) Kuntze – Spreading snakeherb
  • Dyschoriste hirsutissima (Nees) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb
  • Dyschoriste humistrata (Michx.) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb
  • Dyschoriste jaliscensis Kobuski
  • Dyschoriste linearis (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze – Narrowleaf snakeherb
  • Dyschorite microphylla (Cav.) Kuntze
  • Dyschoriste oaxacensis Kobuski
  • Dyschoriste oblongifolia (Michx.) Kuntze – Oblongleaf snakeherb[3][5]
  • Dyschoriste radicans
  • Dyschoriste rubiginosa Rama. & Wash. (D. angustifolia)
  • Dyschoriste xylopoda Kobuski

References

  1. ↑ "Genus: Dyschoriste Nees". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-23. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  2. 1 2 3 Dyschoriste Nees. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 18 November 2023
  3. 1 2 "Dyschoriste". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  4. ↑ Thomas Everett; New York Botanical Garden (1981). The New York Botanical Garden illustrated encyclopedia of horticulture. Courier. p. 1154. ISBN 978-0-8240-7234-6.
  5. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Dyschoriste". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2011-03-25.

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