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Taxon:  Pachystachys coccinea (Aubl.) Nees



Summary
Genus:
Pachystachys
Family:
Acanthaceae
Subfamily:
Acanthoideae
Tribe:
Justicieae
Nomen number:
100686
Place of publication:
A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 11:319. 1847
Comment:
non Pachystachys coccinea auct. (= P. spicata (Ruiz & Pav.) Wassh.)
Verified:
05/24/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Justicia coccinea Aubl.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Jacobinia coccinea (Aubl.) Hiern

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Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  3. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  4. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  6. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
  7. Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: misappled to Pachystachys spicata
  9. Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
  10. Wasshausen, D. C. 1986. The systematics of the genus Pachystachys (Acanthaceae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 99:183-185.
Common names
English
cardinal's-guard –
German
rote Dickähre –
Swedish
rubinax –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmapá 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPará 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRondônia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruMadre de Dios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruSan Martín 
2Cultivated    also cult. in tropics
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere in tropics
Native
Southern America
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru [Madre de Dios, San Martín]
Cultivated (also cult. in tropics)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere in tropics)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=100686. Accessed 28 April 2025.