Aphelandra

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: Acantheae
Subtribus: Aphelandrinae
Genus: Aphelandra
Species:
a

A. acanthifolia – A. acanthus – A. acrensis – A. albert-smithii – A. albinotata – A. alexandri – A. ameleta – A. andersonii – A. anderssonii – A. antioquiensis – A. apecoi – A. arborea – A. arisema – A. aristei – A. arnoldii – A. attenuata – A. aucayacuensis – A. aurantiaca – A. azuayensis
b

A. bahiensis – A. barkleyi – A. benoistii – A. blanchetiana – A. blandii – A. botanodes – A. boyacensis – A. bradeana – A. bullata
c

A. cajatambensis – A. campanensis – A. campii – A. caput – A. caput-medusae – A. carduifolia – A. castanifolia – A. chamissoniana – A. chaponensis – A. chrysantha – A. chrysops – A. cinnabarina – A. cirsioides – A. claussenii – A. clava – A. coccinantha – A. colombiensis – A. colorata – A. concinna – A. conformis – A. craura – A. crenata – A. crenatifolia – A. crispata – A. cristata – A. cryptantha – A. cuatrecasasii – A. cujatambensis – A. cuscoensis
d

A. daemonia – A. darienensis – A. dasyantha – A. davidsonii – A. decorata – A. dehnhardtii – A. deppeana – A. diachyla – A. dielsii – A. diffusa – A. dodsonii – A. dolichantha – A. dukei – A. dunlapiana – A. dusenii
e

A. edmundoana – A. encarnacionii – A. espinosae – A. espirito-santensis – A. euopla – A. eurystoma
f

A. fasciculata – A. fascinator – A. fernandezii – A. ferreyrae – A. flammea – A. flava – A. formosa – A. fosbergii – A. fulgens
g

A. galba – A. garciae – A. ghiesbreghtiana – A. gigantea – A. gigantiflora – A. gilva – A. glabrata – A. glischrochlamys – A. golfodulcensis – A. goodspeedii – A. gracilis – A. grandis – A. grangeri – A. grantii – A. grazielae – A. guayasii – A. guerrerensis – A. gunnarii
h

A. haenkeana – A. hapala – A. harleyi – A. harlingii – A. hartwegiana – A. haughtii – A. herbstii – A. herthae – A. heydeana – A. hieronymi – A. hintonii – A. hirsuta – A. hirta – A. hodgei – A. huilensis – A. hydromestus – A. hylaea – A. hymenobracteata
i

A. ignea – A. illustrata – A. imperialis – A. impressa – A. inaequalis – A. incarnata – A. incerta
j

A. jacobinioides – A. juninensis
k

A. killipii – A. kingii – A. knappiae – A. kolobantha – A. kuna
l

A. lamprantha – A. lasia – A. lasiophylla – A. lateritia – A. latibracteata – A. lawranceae – A. laxa – A. leiophylla – A. leonardii – A. liboniana – A. lilacina – A. limbatifolia – A. lineariloba – A. lingua-bovis – A. lonchochlamys – A. longibracteolata – A. longiflora – A. longispica – A. louisae – A. loxensis – A. lurida – A. lutea – A. luyensis – A. lyrata
m

A. macedoiana – A. macleayi – A. macrophylla – A. macrosiphon – A. macrostachya – A. maculata – A. madrensis – A. margaritae – A. marginata – A. martiusii – A. mediaurata – A. megaphylla – A. melgariensis – A. merelloa – A. micans – A. mildbraediana – A. mirabilis – A. modesta – A. molinae – A. mollis – A. mollissima – A. monophthalma – A. montana – A. monticola – A. montis – A. montis-scalaris – A. mucronata – A. mutisii
n

A. nana – A. neesiana – A. neillii – A. nemoralis – A. nephoica – A. nervosa – A. nitens – A. nitida – A. nobilis – A. nuda
o

A. obtusa – A. obtusifolia – A. ochrolarynx – A. oostachya – A. ornata
p

A. padillana – A. panamensis – A. paraensis – A. parviflora – A. parvispica – A. paulensis – A. pectinata – A. pedunculata – A. pepe-parodii – A. peruviana – A. phaina – A. phalacra – A. pharangophila – A. phlogea – A. phobera – A. phrynioides – A. pilosa – A. pinarotricha – A. plowmanii – A. porphyrocarpa – A. porteana – A. prismatica – A. puberula – A. pubescens – A. pulcherrima – A. pumila – A. punctata
q

A. quadrifaria – A. quercifolia
r

A. repanda – A. reticulata – A. rigida – A. roezlii – A. rosulata – A. rubra – A. rugosa – A. runcinata – A. rusbyi
s

A. scabra – A. schiedeana – A. schieferae – A. schottiana – A. schultesii – A. schunkei – A. sciophila – A. scolnikae – A. seibertii – A. sericantha – A. sericophylla – A. silvicola – A. simplex – A. sinclairiana – A. sinitzini – A. sneidernii – A. speciosa – A. squarrosa – A. stephanophysa – A. steyermarkii – A. storkii – A. straminea – A. sulphurea – A. superba
t

A. taborensis – A. tarapotensis – A. tenuiflora – A. terryae – A. tessmannii – A. tetragona – A. tetroicia – A. tillettii – A. tomentosa – A. tonduzii – A. trianae – A. trichota – A. tridentata – A. tumbecensis
u

A. uribei
v

A. variegata – A. venosa – A. verticillata – A. villonacensis – A. viscosa
w

A. wasshausenii – A. weberbaueri – A. wendtii – A. wurdackii
x

A. xanthantha – A. zamorensis
Name

Aphelandra R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 475. 1810.

Type species: Aphelandra pulcherrima (Jacq.) Kunth

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Amathea Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 65 (1838)
Aphelandrella Mildbr. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 986 (1926)
Aphelandros St.-Lag. in Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 119 (1880), orth. var.
Geissomeria Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 13: t. 1045 (1827)
Hemisandra Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(1): 22 (1842)
Hemitome Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 295 (1847), not validly publ.
Hydromestus Scheidw. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 10: 285 (1842)
Lagochilium Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 85 (1847)
Odontophyllum Sreem. in Phytologia 37: 413 (1977), nom. illeg.
Poecilocnemis Mart. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 286 (1847)
Sreemadhavana Rauschert in Taxon 31: 555 (1982)
Strobilorhachis Klotzsch in Allg. Gartenzeitung 7: 307 (1839)
Synandra Schrad. in Gött. Gel. Anz. 1: 715 (1821), nom. illeg.

References

Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. 475

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Aphelandra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 September 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Aphelandra. Published online. Accessed: 13 September 2020. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Aphelandra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 September 2020.
Catalogue of Life: 2024 Annual Checklist
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Aphelandra. Accessed: 2020 September 13.

Vernacular names
English: Zebra Plants
suomi: Leopoldinkukat
svenska: Kungsblomssläktet

Aphelandra is a genus of over 200 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.

They are evergreen shrubs growing to 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) tall, with opposite, simple leaves 5–30 cm (2–12 in) long, often with white veins. The flowers are produced in dense spikes, with brightly coloured bracts.

Several species are grown as houseplants for their patterned leaves and brightly coloured inflorescences.
Pharmacological activity

Pharmacological reports on genus Aphelandra are Antibacterial activity, Antifungal activity and Immunomodulatory activity.[2]
Phytochemistry

Phytochemical reports on genus Aphelandra are Alkaloids, Flavonoids, Isoflavones, Benzoxazinoids-cyclic hydroxamic acid and their corresponding glucosides.[2]
Selected species

206 species are accepted. They include:[1]

Aphelandra albinotata Wassh.
Aphelandra anderssonii Wassh.
Aphelandra attenuata Wassh.
Aphelandra aurantiaca (Scheidw.) Lindl. (synonyms Aphelandra fascinator and Aphelandra nitens[3])
Aphelandra azuayensis Wassh.
Aphelandra bahiensis (Nees) Wassh.
Aphelandra chamissoniana Nees
Aphelandra chrysantha Wassh.
Aphelandra cinnabarina Wassh.
Aphelandra claussenii Wassh.
Aphelandra colorata (Vell. Conc.) Wassh.
Aphelandra dodsonii Wassh.
Aphelandra galba Wassh.
Aphelandra guayasii Wassh.
Aphelandra gunnari Wassh.
Aphelandra harleyi Wassh.
Aphelandra harlingii Wassh.

Aphelandra sinclairiana

Aphelandra ignea (Schrader) Nees ex Steudel
Aphelandra lineariloba Leonard
Aphelandra longiflora (Lindl.) Profice
Aphelandra madrensis Lindau
Aphelandra marginata Nees & Martius
Aphelandra maximiliana (Nees) Benth
Aphelandra mirabilis Rizzini
Aphelandra neesiana Wassh.
Aphelandra nemoralis Nees
Aphelandra loxensis Wassh.
Aphelandra nuda Nees
Aphelandra obtusa (Nees) Wassh.
Aphelandra obtusifolia (Nees) Wassh.
Aphelandra paulensis Wassh.
Aphelandra phaina Wassh.
Aphelandra phrynioides Lindau
Aphelandra rigida Glaz. ex Mildbr.
Aphelandra schottiana (Nees) Profice
Aphelandra sinclairiana Nees - Coral aphelandra
Aphelandra squarrosa Nees (unplaced) – Zebra plant
Aphelandra stephanophysa Nees
Aphelandra sulphurea Hook.f.
Aphelandra tetragona (Vahl) Nees
Aphelandra tridentata Hemsl.
Aphelandra zamorensis Wassh.

References

Aphelandra R.Br. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
Awan, A.J., Aslam, M.S (2014). "FAMILY ACANTHACEAE AND GENUS APHELANDRA: ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL REVIEW". International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 6 (10): 44–55.
"Aphelandra aurantiaca". Archived from the original on 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2008-11-08