Oplonia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Justicieae
Genus: Oplonia
Species: O. acicularis – O. acuminata – O. acunae – O. armata – O. cubensis – O. grandiflora – O. hutchisonii – O. jamaicensis – O. jujuyensis – O. linifolia – O. microphylla – O. minor – O. moana – O. multigemma – O. nannophylla – O. polyece – O. puberula – O. purpurascens – O. spinosa – O. tetrasticha – O. vincoides
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Oplonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 16. Reference page.

Name

Oplonia Raf., 1838

Type species: Oplonia spinosa Raf.

Synonyms

Anthacanthus Nees
Forsythiopsis Baker

References

Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.S. 1838 ("1836"). Flora Telluriana. Pars 4. 135 pp., Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 64.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Oplonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Oplonia. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 16 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Oplonia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 16.
Tropicos.org 2018. Oplonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 16.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Oplonia. .Oplonia is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae.
Synonyms

Anthacanthus Nees
Forsythiopsis Baker

Species

Oplonia acicularis
Oplonia acuminata
Oplonia acunae
Oplonia armata
Oplonia cubensis
Oplonia grandiflora
Oplonia hutchisonii
Oplonia jamaicensis
Oplonia jujuyensis
Oplonia linifolia
Oplonia microphylla
Oplonia minor
Oplonia moana
Oplonia multigemma
Oplonia nannophylla
Oplonia polyece
Oplonia puberula
Oplonia purpurascens
Oplonia spinosa
Oplonia tetrasticha
Oplonia vincoides

References

GBIF entry
ITIS entry
JSTOR Plant Science entries
USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry
USDA PLANTS entry
Stearn, W. T. 1971. A survey of the tropical genera Oplonia and Psilanthele (Acanthaceae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 4:259–323.