Graptophyllum Explained

Graptophyllum is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 15 species with a disjunct distribution, with one species (Graptophyllum glandulosum) native to tropical Africa, and the others to New Guinea, Queensland, and the southwest Pacific Islands.

Species

15 species are accepted:

• Graptophyllum balansae - New Caledonia
• Graptophyllum excelsum – scarlet fuchsia, prickly fuchsia https://web.archive.org/web/20080727035031/http://cms.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/planttownsville/JCUDEV_005917, Queensland
• Graptophyllum gilliganii – New Guinea
• Graptophyllum glandulosum – Nigeria, Cameroon, and Central African Republic
• Graptophyllum ilicifolium – Mount Blackwood holly, holly fuchsia,http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s855580.htm, or holly-leaved graptophyllum http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=8601, northeastern Queensland
• Graptophyllum insularum – Fiji and Tonga
• Graptophyllum macrostemon - New Caledonia – northwestern New Caledonia
• Graptophyllum ophioliticum - New Caledonia – northwestern New Caledonia (Mount Homédéboa)
• Graptophyllum pictum – caricature plant, New Guinea
• Graptophyllum pubiflorum – New Guinea
• Graptophyllum repandum – Fiji
• Graptophyllum reticulatum – reticulated holly or veiny graptophyllum http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/g-reticulatum.html, Queensland
• Graptophyllum sessilifolium – Fiji (Vanua Levu)
• Graptophyllum spinigerum – Queensland http://www.anbg.gov.au/photo/apii/genus/Graptophyllum
• Graptophyllum thorogoodii – Queensland http://www.anbg.gov.au/photo/apii/genus/Graptophyllum