Dyschoriste Explained
Dyschoriste is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 98 species native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, and southern Asia. Members of the genus are commonly known as snakeherb.
Etymology
The name comes from the Greek δυσ, poorly, and χωριστός, to split, in reference to the slightly lobed stigma.[1]
Species
98 species are accepted.
- Dyschoriste albiflora
- Dyschoriste angusta (A.Gray) Small – Pineland snakeherb
- Dyschoriste angustifolia
- Dyschoriste axillaris
- Dyschoriste bayatensis
- Dyschoriste bayensis
- Dyschoriste boliviana
- Dyschoriste burchellii
- Dyschoriste capitata
- Dyschoriste capricornis
- Dyschoriste celebica
- Dyschoriste ciliata
- Dyschoriste cinerascens
- Dyschoriste clarkei
- Dyschoriste costata
- Dyschoriste crenulata Kobuski – Wavyleaf snakeherb
- Dyschoriste cubensis
- Dyschoriste cunenensis
- Dyschoriste dalyi
- Dyschoriste decumbens (A.Gray) Kuntze – Spreading snakeherb
- Dyschoriste diffusa
- Dyschoriste ecuadoriana
- Dyschoriste erythrorhiza
- Dyschoriste eulinae
- Dyschoriste geniculata
- Dyschoriste gracilicaulis
- Dyschoriste gracilis
- Dyschoriste greenmanii
- Dyschoriste heudelotiana
- Dyschoriste hildebrandtii
- Dyschoriste hirsuta
- Dyschoriste hirsutissima (Nees) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb
- Dyschoriste hispidula
- Dyschoriste humilis
- Dyschoriste humistrata (Michx.) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb
- Dyschoriste hygrophiloides
- Dyschoriste jaliscensis
- Dyschoriste keniensis
- Dyschoriste kitongaensis
- Dyschoriste lavandulacea
- Dyschoriste linearis (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze – Narrowleaf snakeherb
- Dyschoriste lycioides
- Dyschoriste madagascariensis
- Dyschoriste madurensis
- Dyschoriste maranhonis
- Dyschoriste mcvaughii
- Dyschorite microphylla
- Dyschoriste miskatensis
- Dyschoriste multicaulis
- Dyschoriste mutica
- Dyschoriste nagchana
- Dyschoriste novogaliciana
- Dyschoriste nummulifolia
- Dyschoriste nyassica
- Dyschoriste oblongifolia (Michx.) Kuntze – Oblongleaf snakeherb[2]
- Dyschoriste oligosperma
- Dyschoriste ovata
- Dyschoriste parvula
- Dyschoriste pilifera
- Dyschoriste pinetorum
- Dyschoriste poliodes
- Dyschoriste principis
- Dyschoriste pringlei
- Dyschoriste prostrata
- Dyschoriste pseuderecta
- Dyschoriste pulegium
- Dyschoriste purpusii
- Dyschoriste quadrangularis
- Dyschoriste quitensis
- Dyschoriste radicans
- Dyschoriste repens
- Dyschoriste rosei
- Dyschoriste rubiginosa Ramamoorthy & Wassh.
- Dyschoriste sagittata
- Dyschoriste sallyae
- Dyschoriste saltuensis
- Dyschoriste schiedeana
- Dyschoriste schottiana
- Dyschoriste serpyllifolia
- Dyschoriste serpyllum
- Dyschoriste setigera
- Dyschoriste siphonantha
- Dyschoriste smithii
- Dyschoriste subquadrangularis
- Dyschoriste tanganyikensis
- Dyschoriste tanzaniensis
- Dyschoriste thunbergiiflora
- Dyschoriste tinctorum
- Dyschoriste trichanthera
- Dyschoriste trichocalyx
- Dyschoriste tubicalyx
- Dyschoriste tweedieana
- Dyschoriste vagans
- Dyschoriste venturii
- Dyschoriste vestita
- Dyschoriste vinacea
- Dyschoriste xylopoda Kobuski
- Dyschoriste zambiana
Notes and References
- Book: Thomas Everett. New York Botanical Garden. The New York Botanical Garden illustrated encyclopedia of horticulture. 1981. Courier. 978-0-8240-7234-6. 1154.
- Web site: GRIN Species Records of Dyschoriste . https://archive.today/20121211195513/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?4063 . dead . 2012-12-11 . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2011-03-25 .
