Acanthaceae
Dianthera

Dianthera pectoralis (Jacq.) J.F.Gmel.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 36 (1791)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is a subshrub or helophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has social uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [Cited as Justicia pectoralis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(1): 1-904. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2015 Bourgeau, M. [1990] Mexico Justicia pectoralis K000064783 No
Nov 1, 2006 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Yesilyurt, J.; Gallo, A.; Soares, C.R.A.; Rosa, R.; Marques, E.; Piva, J.H. [179] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K000578423 Yes
Jun 1, 1994 Liebman, F. Mexico Justicia pectoralis K000064701 No
Jan 1, 1940 Matuda, E. [3334] Mexico Justicia pectoralis K000064702 No
Prance, G.T. [11174] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033342 Yes
Martínez C., G. [43958] Mexico Justicia pectoralis K000064700 No
Krukoff, B.A. [5000] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033343 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [47955] French Guiana Justicia pectoralis K001033338 Yes
Burchell [9524] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033351 Yes
Yesilyrt, J. [179] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033337 Yes
Pires, J.M. [51436] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001046298 Yes
Prance, G.T. [2287] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033348 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5502] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033346 Yes
Prance, G.T. [5381] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033499 Yes
Glaziou [113050] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033497 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033501 Yes
Spruce [207] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001046300 Yes
Spruce, R. [207] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001046301 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [48271] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033349 Yes
Prance, G.T. [14432] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033341 Yes
Prance, G.T. [21352] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033344 Yes
Prance, G.T. [14311] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033340 Yes
Glaziou [4898] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033498 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [654] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033347 Yes
Egler, W.A. [47646] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033354 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [47682] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033339 Yes
Pires, J.M. [50496] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033350 Yes
[Burchell] [9524] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033352 Yes
Prance, G.T. [7894] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033336 Yes
Spruce, R. [2656] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001046299 Yes
Zappi, D.C.; Milliken, W.; Sasaki, D.; Frisby, S.; Henicka, G.; Pena, E.M.; Leite, R.A.; Piva, J. [1459] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K000570942 No
Thomas, W. [5031] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033345 Yes
Hunt, D.R. [5899] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033502 Yes
Hunt, D.R. [5899] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033353 Yes
Balée, W.L. [976] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033500 Yes
Costa, M.A.S. [378] Brazil Justicia pectoralis K001033503 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0