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Dicliptera
Sign in to saveDicliptera is a genus of flowering plants in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. It includes 223 species native to the tropics and subtropics worldwide. Well-known synonyms include Peristrophe and Dactylostegium.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyAcanthaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize
Observations recorded38,944
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,294
- With media
- 944
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Collections
- UACH, IBUNAM, CICY, GH, INECOL, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Madagascar
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Host plant
- Species
- References
- External links
Dicliptera is a genus of flowering plants in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. It includes 223 species native to the tropics and subtropics worldwide. Well-known synonyms include Peristrophe and Dactylostegium.
== Host plant == Dicliptera functions as a host plant for the butterfly, Anartia fatima.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dicliptera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.