Dicliptera aripoensis

Dicliptera aripoensis is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago. The species is only known from the Heights of Aripo, in Trinidad's Northern Range. It is a branching shrub, 1–1.5 m tall with red flowers about 3 cm long.[3]

Dicliptera aripoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Dicliptera
Species:
D. aripoensis
Binomial name
Dicliptera aripoensis
Synonyms[2]

Diapedium aripoense Britton

The species was described as Diapedium aripoense by American botanist Nathaniel Lord Britton in 1926, based on a collection made by Walter Elias Broadway in 1922.[3] American botanist Emery Clarence Leonard transferred the species to the genus Dicliptera in 1954.[2]

Conservation status

Although Dicliptera aripoensis is not listed in the IUCN Red List the authors of a 2008 assessment of the endemic plant species of Trinidad and Tobago considered it a critically endangered because it is known from only a single locality, and this area is shrinking or experiencing habitat degradation.[4]

See also

References
  1. Oatham, M.; Van den Eynden, V. & Johnson, W. (2017). "Dicliptera aripoensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T115945546A115968111. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T115945546A115968111.en. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. "Dicliptera aripoensis". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  3. Britton, Nathaniel Lord (1926). "Studies of West Indian Plants-XIII". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. Torrey Botanical Society. 53 (7): 457–71. doi:10.2307/2480026. JSTOR 2480026.
  4. Van den Eynden, Veerle; Michael P. Oatham; Winston Johnson (2008). "How free access internet resources benefit biodiversity and conservation research: Trinidad and Tobago's endemic plants and their conservation status". Oryx. 42 (3): 400–07. doi:10.1017/S0030605308007321.


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