{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Speciesbox |name = |image = |image_caption = <!-- Don't just repeat the taxon name! --> |status = LC |status_system = QLDNCA |status_ref = {{R|DESQLD}} |taxon = Dicliptera ciliata |authority = [[Joseph Decaisne|Decne.]]{{R|APNI|POWO}} |range_map = }}
'''''Dicliptera ciliata''''' is a species of plant in the family [[Acanthaceae]]. It is native to [[Malesia]] and the Australian states of [[Western Australia]], the [[Northern Territory]] and [[Queensland]]. It is a herb up to {{cvt|50|cm}} high, and was first described in 1834.{{R|POWO|RFK}}
==Conservation== This species is listed as [[Least-concern species|least concern]] under the Queensland Government's [[Nature Conservation Act 1992|Nature Conservation Act]].{{R|DESQLD}}
==References== {{Reflist|28em|refs= <ref name="APNI">{{cite web |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/102252 |title=''Dicliptera ciliata'' |website=[[Australian Plant Name Index]] (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, [[Australian Government]] |access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47489-1 |title=''Dicliptera ciliata'' Decne. |website=[[Plants of the World Online]] |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |year=2025 |access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="DESQLD">{{cite web |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=17424 |title=Species profile—''Dicliptera ciliata'' |year=2024 |website=Queensland Department of Environment and Science |publisher=[[Queensland Government]] |access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="RFK">{{cite web |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Dicliptera_ciliata.htm |title=''Dicliptera ciliata'' |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |website=[[Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants]] Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), [[Australian Government]] |access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref> }}
==External links== <!-- {{Commonscat}} --> * [https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Dicliptera+ciliata#tab_mapView View a map] of herbarium collections of this species at the [[Australasian Virtual Herbarium]] * [https://flickriver.com/search/Dicliptera+ciliata View images] of this species on Flickriver.com
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[[Category:Dicliptera|ciliata]] [[Category:Taxa named by Joseph Decaisne]] [[Category:Plants described in 1834]] [[Category:Flora of Malesia]] [[Category:Flora of Western Australia]] [[Category:Flora of the Northern Territory]] [[Category:Flora of Queensland]]