Dicliptera
Encyclopedia
- For the prehistoric insectInsectInsects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
orderOrder (biology)In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
, see ArchodonataArchodonataArchodonata is an extinct order of palaeozoic paleopterous insects, sometimes included in Odonata....
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Dicliptera is a genus of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae
The family Acanthaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species....
. Dactylostegium is sometimes included herein.
Selected species
- Dicliptera aripoensisDicliptera aripoensisDicliptera aripoensis is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago. The species is only known from the Heights of Aripo, in Trinidad's Northern Range...
(BrittonNathaniel Lord BrittonNathaniel Lord Britton was an American botanist and taxonomist who founded the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York. Britton was born in New Dorp in Staten Island, New York...
) LeonardEmery Clarence LeonardEmery Clarence Leonard was an American botanist known for his work on the Acanthaceae plant family and on the flora of Haiti.-References:... - Dicliptera armata
- Dicliptera brachiata (Pursh) Spreng. – Branched Foldwing
- Dicliptera bupleuroides
- Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Juss.Antoine Laurent de JussieuAntoine Laurent de Jussieu was a French botanist, notable as the first to propose a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today.-Life:...
– Chinese Foldwing - Diclipta dodsonii (possibly extinct)
- Dicliptera krugii Urban – Krug's Foldwing
- Dicliptera macleariiDicliptera macleariiDicliptera maclearii is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean...
Hemsl. - Dicliptera martinicensis (Jacq.) Juss.
- Dicliptera mucronifoliaDicliptera mucronifoliaDicliptera mucronifolia is a plant that is native of Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.-External links:...
NeesChristian Gottfried Daniel Nees von EsenbeckChristian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Goethe and was born within the lifetime of Linnaeus. He described approximately 7,000 plant species... - Dicliptera resupinata (Vahl) Juss. – Arizona Foldwing
- Dicliptera sericeaDicliptera sericeaDicliptera aripoensisDicliptera sericea is a plant native of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.-External links:...
Nees - Dicliptera sexangularis (L.) Juss. – Sixangle Foldwing
- Dicliptera suberecta – Uruguayan Firecracker Plant, Hummingbird Plant
- Dicliptera trifurca
- Dicliptera verticillata