Distribution Map

Dicliptera extenta

       
(Dicliptera zeylanica)

Acanthaceae Acanthoideae Justicieae Justiciinae

As at April 2024, 3 herbarium specimens, 2 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Restricted distribution

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Dicliptera heterostegia - Loosely branched or straggling, thinly hairy throughout. Leaf-stalk up to 4 cm long in lower leaves, shorter in others; blade lance-shaped, tapering to both ends, up to 9 cm long X 3 cm wide. Inflorescence few-flowered; outer bracts broadly oval or almost round, c 1,5 cm long, with long hairs. Calyx c 5 mm long, hairy; corolla white, up to 2,5 cm long; lips c 5 mm wide.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.