Dicliptera aripoensis

Dicliptera aripoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Dicliptera
Species: D. aripoensis
Binomial name
Dicliptera aripoensis
(Britton) Leonard
Synonyms

Diapedium aripoense Britton[2]

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]

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.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  3. 1 2 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.


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