Dyschoriste Repens
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''Dyschoriste'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Acanthaceae Acanthaceae () is a Family (biology), family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are Tropics, tropical Herbaceous plant, herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epip ...
. It includes 98 species native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, and southern Asia. Members of the genus are commonly known as snakeherb.


Etymology

The name comes from the
Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
'' δυσ'', ''poorly'', and '' χωριστός'', ''to split'', in reference to the slightly lobed stigma.


Species

98 species are accepted. *'' Dyschoriste albiflora'' *'' Dyschoriste angusta'' (A.Gray) Small – Pineland snakeherb *'' Dyschoriste angustifolia'' *'' Dyschoriste axillaris'' *'' Dyschoriste bayatensis'' *'' Dyschoriste bayensis'' *'' Dyschoriste boliviana'' *'' Dyschoriste burchellii'' *'' Dyschoriste capitata'' *'' Dyschoriste capricornis'' *'' Dyschoriste celebica'' *'' Dyschoriste ciliata'' *'' Dyschoriste cinerascens'' *'' Dyschoriste clarkei'' *'' Dyschoriste costata'' *'' Dyschoriste crenulata'' Kobuski – Wavyleaf snakeherb *'' Dyschoriste cubensis'' *'' Dyschoriste cunenensis'' *'' Dyschoriste dalyi'' *'' Dyschoriste decumbens'' (A.Gray) Kuntze – Spreading snakeherb *'' Dyschoriste diffusa'' *'' Dyschoriste ecuadoriana'' *'' Dyschoriste erythrorhiza'' *'' Dyschoriste eulinae'' *'' Dyschoriste geniculata'' *'' Dyschoriste gracilicaulis'' *'' Dyschoriste gracilis'' *'' Dyschoriste greenmanii'' *'' Dyschoriste heudelotiana'' *'' Dyschoriste hildebrandtii'' *'' Dyschoriste hirsuta'' *'' Dyschoriste hirsutissima'' (Nees) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb *'' Dyschoriste hispidula'' *'' Dyschoriste humilis'' *'' Dyschoriste humistrata'' (Michx.) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb *'' Dyschoriste hygrophiloides'' *'' Dyschoriste jaliscensis'' *'' Dyschoriste keniensis'' *'' Dyschoriste kitongaensis'' *'' Dyschoriste lavandulacea'' *'' Dyschoriste linearis'' (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze – Narrowleaf snakeherb *'' Dyschoriste lycioides'' *'' Dyschoriste madagascariensis'' *'' Dyschoriste madurensis'' *'' Dyschoriste maranhonis'' *'' Dyschoriste mcvaughii'' *'' Dyschorite microphylla'' *'' Dyschoriste miskatensis'' *'' Dyschoriste multicaulis'' *'' Dyschoriste mutica'' *'' Dyschoriste nagchana'' *'' Dyschoriste novogaliciana'' *'' Dyschoriste nummulifolia'' *'' Dyschoriste nyassica'' *'' Dyschoriste oblongifolia'' (Michx.) Kuntze – Oblongleaf snakeherb *'' Dyschoriste oligosperma'' *'' Dyschoriste ovata'' *'' Dyschoriste parvula'' *'' Dyschoriste pilifera'' *'' Dyschoriste pinetorum'' *'' Dyschoriste poliodes'' *'' Dyschoriste principis'' *'' Dyschoriste pringlei'' *'' Dyschoriste prostrata'' *'' Dyschoriste pseuderecta'' *'' Dyschoriste pulegium'' *'' Dyschoriste purpusii'' *'' Dyschoriste quadrangularis'' *'' Dyschoriste quitensis'' *'' Dyschoriste radicans'' *'' Dyschoriste repens'' *'' Dyschoriste rosei'' *'' Dyschoriste rubiginosa'' Ramamoorthy & Wassh. *'' Dyschoriste sagittata'' *'' Dyschoriste sallyae'' *'' Dyschoriste saltuensis'' *'' Dyschoriste schiedeana'' *'' Dyschoriste schottiana'' *'' Dyschoriste serpyllifolia'' *'' Dyschoriste serpyllum'' *'' Dyschoriste setigera'' *'' Dyschoriste siphonantha'' *'' Dyschoriste smithii'' *'' Dyschoriste subquadrangularis'' *'' Dyschoriste tanganyikensis'' *'' Dyschoriste tanzaniensis'' *'' Dyschoriste thunbergiiflora'' *'' Dyschoriste tinctorum'' *'' Dyschoriste trichanthera'' *'' Dyschoriste trichocalyx'' *'' Dyschoriste tubicalyx'' *'' Dyschoriste tweedieana'' *'' Dyschoriste vagans'' *'' Dyschoriste venturii'' *'' Dyschoriste vestita'' *'' Dyschoriste vinacea'' *'' Dyschoriste xylopoda'' Kobuski *'' Dyschoriste zambiana''


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Acanthaceae Acanthaceae genera Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck {{Acanthaceae-stub