{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Dicliptera suberecta 1.jpg |image_caption = Uruguayan firecracker plant (''Dicliptera squarrosa'') |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Dicliptera |authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] (1807), nom. cons. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = [[#Species|See text]] |synonyms = * ''Brochosiphon'' <small>[[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]] (1847)</small> * ''Dactylostegium'' <small>Nees (1847)</small><ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?3627 |title=''Dicliptera'' Juss. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=23 January 2009 |accessdate=26 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021856/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?3627 |archive-date=6 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''Diapedium'' <small>J.Koenig (1805), nom. rej.</small> * ''Kuniria'' <small>[[Raf.]] (1838)</small> * ''Panemata'' <small>Raf. (1838)</small> * ''Peristrophe'' <small>Nees (1832)</small> * ''Ramusia'' <small>Nees (1847)</small> * ''Solenochasma'' <small>Fenzl (1844)</small> * ''Strepsiphus'' <small>Raf. (1837)</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name= POWO/> }}
'''''Dicliptera'''''<ref>Jussieu AL de (1807) ''Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris'' 9: 267.</ref> is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Acanthus (plant)|bear's breeches]] family, [[Acanthaceae]]. It includes 223 species native to the tropics and subtropics worldwide. Well-known synonyms include ''Peristrophe'' and ''Dactylostegium''.<ref name= POWO/>
== Host plant == ''Dicliptera''{{which|reason=do all species host this butterfly or just some?|date=November 2024}} functions as a host plant for the butterfly, ''[[Anartia fatima]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Silberglied|first=Robert E.|last2=Aiello|first2=Annette|author-link2=Annette Aiello|last3=Lamas|first3=Gerardo|title=Neotropical Butterflies of the Genus Anartia: Systematics, Life Histories and General Biology (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)|journal=Psyche: A Journal of Entomology|language=en|volume=86|issue=2–3|pages=219–260|doi=10.1155/1979/50172|issn=0033-2615|year=1979|doi-access=free}}</ref>
==Species== {{As of|2021|March}}, ''[[Plants of the World Online]]'' included the following species.<ref name = POWO>{{Cite POWO | id=331554-2 |title=''Dicliptera'' Juss. |access-date = 7 March 2021}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''[[Dicliptera abuensis]]'' <small>Blatt.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera aculeata]]'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small> * ''[[Dicliptera acuminata]]'' <small>(Ruiz & Pav.) Juss.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera adusta]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera albicaulis]]'' <small>(S.Moore) S.Moore</small> * ''[[Dicliptera albocostata]]'' <small>Bremek.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera alternans]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera angolensis]]'' <small>S.Moore</small> * ''[[Dicliptera anomala]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera antidysenterica]]'' <small>Ant.Molina</small> * ''[[Dicliptera aquatica]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera aripoensis]]'' <small>([[Nathaniel Lord Britton|Britton]]) [[Emery Clarence Leonard|Leonard]]</small> * ''[[Dicliptera armata]]'' <small>F.Muell.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera arnhemica]]'' <small>R.M.Barker</small> * ''[[Dicliptera australis]]'' <small>(Nees) R.M.Barker</small> * ''[[Dicliptera bagshawei]]'' <small>S.Moore</small> * ''[[Dicliptera baphica]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera batilliformis]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera beddomei]]'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small> * ''[[Dicliptera betonicoides]]'' <small>S.Moore</small> * ''[[Dicliptera brachiata]]'' <small>Spreng.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera bracteata]]'' <small>Seem.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera brevispicata]]'' <small>I.Darbysh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera bupleuroides]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera burmanni]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera cabrerae]]'' <small>C.Ezcurra</small> * ''[[Dicliptera callichlamys]]'' <small>Mildbr.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera canescens]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera capensis]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera capitata]]'' <small>Milne-Redh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera caracasana]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera carvalhoi]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera caucensis]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera cernua]]'' <small>(Nees) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> * ''[[Dicliptera chinensis]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]</small><br>– '''type species''' * ''[[Dicliptera cicatricosa]]'' <small>I.Darbysh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera ciliaris]]'' <small>Juss.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera ciliata]]'' <small>Decne.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera clarkei]]'' <small>Elmer</small> * ''[[Dicliptera clavata]]'' <small>(G.Forst.) Juss.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera cleistogama]]'' <small>J.R.I.Wood</small> * ''[[Dicliptera cliffordii]]'' <small>(K.Balkwill) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> * ''[[Dicliptera clinopodia]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera cochabambensis]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera colorata]]'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small> * ''[[Dicliptera compacta]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera confinis]]'' <small>Nees ex Benth.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera congesta]]'' <small>Kunth</small> * ''[[Dicliptera contorta]]'' <small>(Blanco) Merr.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera cordibracteata]]'' <small>I.Darbysh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera crenata]]'' <small>Miq.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera cuatrecasasii]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera cubangensis]]'' <small>S.Moore</small> * ''[[Dicliptera cundinamarcana]]'' <small>Wassh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera cuneata]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera debilis]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera decaryi]]'' <small>Benoist</small> * ''[[Dicliptera decorticans]]'' <small>(K.Balkwill) I.Darbysh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera dodsonii]]'' <small>Wassh.</small> (possibly [[extinct]]<!-- AnnMOBotGard78:273 -->) * ''[[Dicliptera dorrii]]'' <small>Wassh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera eenii]]'' <small>S.Moore</small> * ''[[Dicliptera effusa]]'' <small>Balf.f.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera ehrenbergii]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera elegans]]'' <small>W.W.Sm.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera elliotii]]'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small> * ''[[Dicliptera eriantha]]'' <small>Decne.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera extenta]]'' <small>S.Moore</small> * ''[[Dicliptera falcata]]'' <small>(Lam.) Bosser & Heine</small> * ''[[Dicliptera falciflora]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera felix]]'' <small>J.R.I.Wood</small> * ''[[Dicliptera fera]]'' <small>(C.B.Clarke) Karthik. & Moorthy</small> * ''[[Dicliptera fionae]]'' <small>K.Balkwill</small> * ''[[Dicliptera floribunda]]'' <small>Eastw.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera foetida]]'' <small>(Forssk.) Blatt.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera formosa]]'' <small>Brandegee</small> * ''[[Dicliptera forsteriana]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera fragilis]]'' <small>Bremek.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera francodavilae]]'' <small>Cornejo, Wassh. & Bonifaz</small> * ''[[Dicliptera frondosa]]'' <small>Juss.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera fruticosa]]'' <small>K.Balkwill</small> * ''[[Dicliptera garciae]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera gillilandiorum]]'' <small>(K.Balkwill) I.Darbysh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera glabra]]'' <small>Decne.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera gracilis]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera grandibracteata]]'' <small>(Lindau) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> * ''[[Dicliptera grandiflora]]'' <small>Gilli</small> * ''[[Dicliptera granvillei]]'' <small>Wassh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera guttata]]'' <small>Standl. & Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera haenkeana]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera harlingii]]'' <small>Wassh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera hastilis]]'' <small>Benoist</small> * ''[[Dicliptera haughtii]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera hensii]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera hereroensis]]'' <small>Schinz</small> * ''[[Dicliptera heterostegia]]'' <small>C.Presl</small> * ''[[Dicliptera hookeriana]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera hyalina]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera imbricata]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera imminuta]]'' <small>Rizzini</small> * ''[[Dicliptera inaequalis]]'' <small>Greenm.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera inconspicua]]'' <small>I.Darbysh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera induta]]'' <small>W.W.Sm.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera insularis]]'' <small>Benoist</small> * ''[[Dicliptera interrupta]]'' <small>Blume</small> * ''[[Dicliptera inutilis]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera iopus]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera japonica]]'' <small>(Thunb.) Makino</small> * ''[[Dicliptera javanica]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera jujuyensis]]'' <small>Lindau ex R.E.Fr.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera katangensis]]'' <small>De Wild.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera knappiae]]'' <small>Wassh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera krugii]]'' <small>Urb.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera kurzii]]'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small> * ''[[Dicliptera lanceolaria]]'' <small>(Roxb.) Karthik. & Moorthy</small> * ''[[Dicliptera lanceolata]]'' <small>(Lindau) I.Darbysh. & Kordofani</small> * ''[[Dicliptera latibracteata]]'' <small>I.Darbysh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera laxata]]'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small> * ''[[Dicliptera laxispica]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera leandrii]]'' <small>Benoist</small> * ''[[Dicliptera leistneri]]'' <small>K.Balkwill</small> * ''[[Dicliptera leonotis]]'' <small>Dalzell ex C.B.Clarke</small> * ''[[Dicliptera longiflora]]'' <small>Hayata</small> * ''[[Dicliptera longifolia]]'' <small>(King & Prain) Karthik. & Moorthy</small> * ''[[Dicliptera lugoi]]'' <small>Wassh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera maclearii]]'' <small>Hemsl.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera maculata]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera madagascariensis]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera magaliesbergensis]]'' <small>K.Balkwill</small> * ''[[Dicliptera magnibracteata]]'' <small>Collett & Hemsl.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera martinicensis]]'' <small>(Jacq.) Juss.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera megalochlamys]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera melleri]]'' <small>Rolfe</small> * ''[[Dicliptera membranacea]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera minbuensis]]'' <small>Bor</small> * ''[[Dicliptera minor]]'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small> * ''[[Dicliptera minutifolia]]'' <small>Ensermu</small> * ''[[Dicliptera miscella]]'' <small>R.M.Barker</small> * ''[[Dicliptera monroi]]'' <small>S.Moore</small> * ''[[Dicliptera montana]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera moritziana]]'' <small>S.Schauer</small> * ''[[Dicliptera mucronata]]'' <small>Urb.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera mucronifolia]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera muelleriferdinandi]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera multiflora]]'' <small>(Ruiz & Pav.) Juss.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera namibiensis]]'' <small>(K.Balkwill) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> * ''[[Dicliptera napierae]]'' <small>E.A.Bruce</small> * ''[[Dicliptera nasikensis]]'' <small>Lakshmin. & B.D.Sharma</small> * ''[[Dicliptera neesii]]'' <small>(Trimen) L.H.Cramer</small> * ''[[Dicliptera nervata]]'' <small>Greenm.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera nilotica]]'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small> * ''[[Dicliptera novogaliciana]]'' <small>T.F.Daniel</small> * ''[[Dicliptera nyangana]]'' <small>I.Darbysh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera obanensis]]'' <small>S.Moore</small> * ''[[Dicliptera obtusifolia]]'' <small>Urb.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera ochrochlamys]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera pallida]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera palmariensis]]'' <small>Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood</small> * ''[[Dicliptera paniculata]]'' <small>(Forssk.) I.Darbysh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera paposana]]'' <small>Phil.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera papuana]]'' <small>Warb.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera parvibracteata]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera peduncularis]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera peruviana]]'' <small>(Lam.) Juss.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera pilosa]]'' <small>Kunth</small> * ''[[Dicliptera podocephala]]'' <small>Donn.Sm.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera polymorpha]]'' <small>Dharap, Shigwan, Datar</small><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dharap |first=Adittya V. |last2=Shigwan |first2=Bhushan K. |last3=Datar |first3=Mandar N. |date=2024-09-01 |title=Dicliptera polymorpha (Acanthaceae): a new pyrophytic species from northern Western Ghats, India |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12225-024-10203-6 |journal=Kew Bulletin |language=en |volume=79 |issue=3 |pages=683–692 |doi=10.1007/s12225-024-10203-6 |issn=1874-933X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * ''[[Dicliptera porphyrea]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera porphyrocoma]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera procumbens]]'' <small>Humb. ex Link</small> * ''[[Dicliptera pubescens]]'' <small>Juss.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera pumila]]'' <small>(Lindau) Dandy ex Brenan</small> * ''[[Dicliptera purpurascens]]'' <small>Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood</small> * ''[[Dicliptera pyrrantha]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera quintasii]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera quitensis]]'' <small>Mildbr.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera rauhii]]'' <small>Wassh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera raui]]'' <small>Karthik. & Moorthy</small> * ''[[Dicliptera reptans]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera resupinata]]'' <small>(Vahl) Juss.</small> – Arizona foldwing * ''[[Dicliptera rigidissima]]'' <small>Miranda</small> * ''[[Dicliptera riparia]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera rosea]]'' <small>Ridl.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera samoensis]]'' <small>Seem.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera sanctae-martae]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera saxicola]]'' <small>J.R.I.Wood</small> * ''[[Dicliptera scabra]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera scandens]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera sciadephora]]'' <small>Donn.Sm.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera scutellata]]'' <small>Griseb.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera sebastinei]]'' <small>Karthik. & Moorthy</small> * ''[[Dicliptera serpenticola]]'' <small>(K.Balkwill & Campb.-Young) I.Darbysh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera sexangularis]]'' <small>(L.) Juss.</small> – Sixangle foldwing * ''[[Dicliptera siamensis]]'' <small>Imlay</small> * ''[[Dicliptera sparsiflora]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera spicata]]'' <small>Decne.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera squarrosa]]'' <small>Nees</small> ** synonym ''D. suberecta'' <small>(André) Bremek.</small> – Uruguayan firecracker plant, hummingbird plant * ''[[Dicliptera suffruticosa]]'' <small>J.R.I.Wood</small> * ''[[Dicliptera sumichrastii]]'' <small>Lindau</small> * ''[[Dicliptera swynnertonii]]'' <small>S.Moore</small> * ''[[Dicliptera syringifolia]]'' <small>Merxm.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera thlaspioides]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera tinctoria]]'' <small>(Nees) Kostel.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera tomentosa]]'' <small>(Vahl) Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera transvaalensis]]'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small> * ''[[Dicliptera trianae]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera trifurca]]'' <small>Oerst.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera undulata]]'' <small>(Vahl) Karthik. & Moorthy</small> * ''[[Dicliptera unguiculata]]'' <small>Nees</small> * ''[[Dicliptera velata]]'' <small>Seem.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera verticillata]]'' <small>(Forssk.) C.Chr.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera vestita]]'' <small>Benoist</small> * ''[[Dicliptera villosior]]'' <small>Berhaut</small> * ''[[Dicliptera viridis]]'' <small>Hassk.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera vollesenii]]'' <small>I.Darbysh.</small> * ''[[Dicliptera vulcanica]]'' <small>Leonard</small> * ''[[Dicliptera welwitschii]]'' <small>S.Moore</small> * ''[[Dicliptera zambeziensis]]'' <small>I.Darbysh.</small> {{div col end}}
''[[Dicliptera srisailamica]]'' <small>Rasingam, Nethaji & Susmitha</small> was described in 2024, but was not in POWO {{As of|2024|November|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite IPNI|id=77337450-1|title=''Dicliptera srisailamica'' Rasingam, Nethaji & Susmitha|access-date = 25 November 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Dicliptera|''Dicliptera''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2662801}}
[[Category:Dicliptera| ]] [[Category:Acanthaceae genera]] [[Category:Taxa named by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu]] [[Category:Pantropical flora]]