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Ascotheca

Ascotheca paucinervia is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is a subshrub or shrub native to west-central tropical Africa, ranging from southern Nigeria to Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. It is the sole species in genus Ascotheca.

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Ascotheca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ascotheca
Heine
Species:
A. paucinervia
Binomial name
Ascotheca paucinervia
(T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Heine (1966)
Subspecies1
  • Ascotheca paucinervia var. minor Champl. & Senterre
  • Ascotheca paucinervia var. paucinervia
Synonyms1
  • Justicia paucinervia T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke (1899)
  • Ruellia paucinervia (T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Heine (1962)
  • Rungia paucinervia (T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Heine (1962)

Ascotheca paucinervia is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is a subshrub or shrub native to west-central tropical Africa, ranging from southern Nigeria to Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. It is the sole species in genus Ascotheca.2

Two subspecies are accepted:

  • Ascotheca paucinervia var. minor Champl. & Senterre – Cameroon and mainland Equatorial Guinea
  • Ascotheca paucinervia var. paucinervia – (synonym Rungia obcordata Lindau (1905)) – southern Nigeria, Cameroon, and Gabon
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