Odontonema tubaeforme (Bertol.) Kuntze GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Odontonema

Family:

Acanthaceae

Subfamily:

Acanthoideae

Tribe:

Justicieae

Nomen number:

423854

Place of publication:

Revis. gen. pl. 2:494. 1891

Comment:

for spelling of this epithet see Daniel (1995: 168) and Shenzhen ICN Rec. 60G.1(b) Ex. 2

Verified:

05/26/2011 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 tubaeformis Bertol.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Justicia coccinea hort.
Odontonema strictum (Nees) Kuntze
Thyrsacanthus strictus Nees

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Reference(s)

Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Barker, R. M. 1996. Additional species, new combinations and other notes on Acanthaceae of Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 17:146.
Breedlove, D. E., ed. 1981-. Flora of Chiapas.
Burger, W. C., ed. 1971-. Flora costaricensis. Note: lists as "tubiforme"
Daniel, T. F. 1995. Revision of Odontonema (Acanthaceae) in Mexico. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 20:167.
Daniel, T. F. 1997. Catalog of the Acanthaceae of Belize with taxonomic and phytogeographic notes. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 21:170.
Daniel, T. F. 2004. Further range of Mexican Acanthaceae. Polibotanica 18:5.
Nelson, C. H. N. 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Honduras Note: Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. Note: lists as "tubiforme"
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama
2	Cultivated					also cult. in tropics
4	Naturalized	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii	O‘ahu
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia		Tahiti
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Samoa

Native
Northern America

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador

Cultivated (also cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
Pacific

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. Note: lists as "tubiforme"
Weed		as Odontonema strictum	Meyer, J.-Y. & C. Lavergne. 2004. Beautés fatales: Acanthaceae species as invasive alien plants on tropical Indo-Pacific islands. Diversity & Distrib. 10:333-347.