Dicliptera brachiata

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAcanthaceae
Family (Traditional)Acanthaceae
GenusDicliptera
Species:Dicliptera brachiata (Pursh) Spreng.
Common NameBranched Foldwing
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: LC; Duration: Annual; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: ciliate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Pink; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: axillary; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sepal Fusion: Yes; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 2; Tepal Fusion: No; Tepal Number: 0
C value 7
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S3S4] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Diapedium brachiatum Diapedium brachiatum (Pursh) Kuntze
Dicliptera brachiata var. attenuata Dicliptera brachiata var. attenuata A.Gray
Dicliptera brachiata var. glandulosa Dicliptera brachiata var. glandulosa (Scheele) Fernald
Dicliptera brachiata var. ruthii Dicliptera brachiata var. ruthii Fernald
Dicliptera glandulosa Dicliptera glandulosa Scheele
Justicia brachiata Justicia brachiata Hook. ex Nees

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Carlisle (KY), Fulton (KY), Livingston (KY), McCracken (KY), Marshall (KY), Benton (TN), Cheatham (TN), Davidson (TN), Dyer (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Hickman (TN), Humphreys (TN), Lewis (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Perry (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Smith (TN), Stewart (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BOON, EKY, HTTU, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, TENN, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1931 - 2001

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
MDKY00006768 Livingston Kentucky
MDKY
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200494 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200495 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200489 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200503 Smith Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200482 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0210300 Davidson Tennessee A. Gattinger
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200492 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030940 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030936 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0054351 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030932 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67503 Davidson Tennessee 28 Aug 1991 Milo Pyne
91-082
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
MEM007719 Shelby Tennessee 04 Sep 1970 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
70M5.3
MEM
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200485 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200488 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030944 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030939 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030942 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0070107 Ballard Kentucky 07 Oct 1986 Max Medley
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67511 Humphreys Tennessee 25 Sep 1987 R. Kral
74522b
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67508 Davidson Tennessee 13 Oct 1985 R. Kral
73073
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
MEM005827 McCracken Kentucky 05 Sep 1971 Raymond Athey
1505
MEM
Dicliptera brachiata
MEM015180 Fulton Kentucky 09 Aug 1962 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
6100
MEM
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200487 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200486 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030931 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67515 Perry Tennessee 15 Sep 1967 Elizabeth M. Browne
T-62.5
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67512 Lewis Tennessee 27 Aug 1969 R. Kral
36415
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67513 Marshall Tennessee 02 Sep 1998 V. E. McNeilus
98-894
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
31234100169836 Marshall Kentucky 25 Sep 1973 Raymond Athey
2605
EKY
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200497 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200498 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200496 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030928 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030933 Perry Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030934 Perry Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
MTSU020559 Rutherford Tennessee 14 Oct 2001 Dwayne Estes
MTSU
Dicliptera brachiata
31234100169844 Ballard Kentucky 05 Sep 1971 Raymond Athey
1509
EKY
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200500 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200490 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200529 Marshall Kentucky
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030927 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030937 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0098602 Dyer Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67514 Perry Tennessee Leg. ign.
T-65.5
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0210301 Davidson Tennessee A. Gattinger
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200528 Livingston Kentucky
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200484 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
010442 Shelby Tennessee 14 Aug 1978 Vernon M. Bates, Jr.
412
BOON
Dicliptera brachiata
010444 Shelby Tennessee 14 Aug 1978 Vernon M. Bates, Jr.
412
BOON
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0074498 Livingston Kentucky 01 Sep 1976 Raymond Athey
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030943 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67501 Cheatham Tennessee 28 Sep 1967 R. Kral
29277
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67506 Davidson Tennessee 1924 M. Denison
8719
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
31234100169869 Hardin Tennessee 10 Sep 1980 Ronald L. Jones
3143
EKY
Dicliptera brachiata
31234100169851 Livingston Kentucky 23 Aug 1970 Raymond Athey
1182
EKY
Dicliptera brachiata
MDKY00006767 Livingston Kentucky
MDKY
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200483 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200499 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0074497 Carlisle Kentucky 21 Sep 1972 Raymond Athey
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030941 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
HTTU008039 Hickman Tennessee
HTTU
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67504 Davidson Tennessee 11 Sep 1986 Milo Guthrie
1350
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67505 Davidson Tennessee 20 Sep 1990 M. Hackney
s.n.
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67502 Cheatham Tennessee 28 Sep 1967 R. Kral
29277
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
31234100169877 Hardin Tennessee 11 Sep 1980 Ronald L. Jones
3169
EKY
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200491 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200501 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200502 Smith Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
TENN-V-0200493 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030930 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0048374 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030938 Smith Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
APSC0030929 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67516 Rutherford Tennessee 01 Sep 1979 J. L. Collins
4538
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67507 Davidson Tennessee 16 Sep 1993 M. Hackney
s.n.
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
BRIT67509 Davidson Tennessee 26 Sep 1931 C. P. Freeman
228
VDB
Dicliptera brachiata
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Dicliptera brachiata - Dwayne Estes
Dicliptera brachiata - Dwayne Estes