# Dicliptera spicata

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Species of flowering plant

Dicliptera spicata Conservation status Least Concern (NCA)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Acanthaceae Genus: Dicliptera Species: D. spicata Binomial name Dicliptera spicata Decne.[2][3]

***Dicliptera spicata*** is a species of plant in the family [Acanthaceae](/source/Acanthaceae). It is native to [Malesia](/source/Malesia) and the Australian states of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia), the [Northern Territory](/source/Northern_Territory) and [Queensland](/source/Queensland). It is a herb up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high, and was first described in 1834.[3][4]

## Conservation

This species is listed as [least concern](/source/Least-concern_species) under the Queensland Government's [Nature Conservation Act](/source/Nature_Conservation_Act_1992).[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DESQLD_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DESQLD_1-1) ["Species profile—*Dicliptera spicata*"](https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=17426). *Queensland Department of Environment and Science*. [Queensland Government](/source/Queensland_Government). 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-APNI_2-0)** ["*Dicliptera spicata*"](https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/102276). *[Australian Plant Name Index](/source/Australian_Plant_Name_Index) (APNI)*. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government). Retrieved 10 March 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-POWO_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-POWO_3-1) ["*Dicliptera spicata* Decne"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47695-1). *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew). 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-RFK_4-0)** F.A.Zich; [B.P.M.Hyland](/source/Bernard_Hyland); T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). ["*Dicliptera spicata*"](https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Dicliptera_spicata.htm). *[Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants](/source/Australian_Tropical_Rainforest_Plants) Edition 8 (RFK8)*. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government). Retrieved 10 March 2025.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Dicliptera spicata](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dicliptera_spicata).

- [View a map](https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Dicliptera+spicata#tab_mapView) of herbarium collections of this species at the [Australasian Virtual Herbarium](/source/Australasian_Virtual_Herbarium)

- [View images](https://flickriver.com/search/Dicliptera+spicata) of this species on Flickriver.com

Taxon identifiers Dicliptera spicata Wikidata: Q15316712 Wikispecies: Dicliptera spicata APNI: 102276 ATRF: Dicliptera_spicata CoL: 6CRTP FoAO2: Dicliptera spicata GBIF: 5575047 iNaturalist: 291105 IPNI: 47695-1 NTFlora: 21 Observation.org: 266625 Open Tree of Life: 6076605 Plant List: kew-2766707 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47695-1 Tropicos: 100323310 WFO: wfo-0000646046

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