Acanthaceae
Hypoestes
Hypoestes triflora

Hypoestes triflora var. triflora

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Tropical & S. Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula, Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China. It is a scrambling annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Acanthaceae, H. Heine. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
Erect, laxly branched herb, 2-3 ft. high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers pale pink or whitish with mauve markings on lip
Ecology
In montane forest.
[FWTA]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/129271852/129273303

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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