Oplonia

Oplonia is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 21 species native to western South America (Peru, Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina), the Caribbean, and Madagascar.

Species

21 species are accepted.

• Oplonia acicularis
• Oplonia acuminata
• Oplonia acunae
• Oplonia armata
• Oplonia cubensis
• Oplonia grandiflora
• Oplonia hutchisonii
• Oplonia jamaicensis
• Oplonia jujuyensis
• Oplonia linifolia
• Oplonia microphylla
• Oplonia minor
• Oplonia moana
• Oplonia multigemma
• Oplonia nannophylla
• Oplonia polyece
• Oplonia puberula
• Oplonia purpurascens
• Oplonia spinosa
• Oplonia tetrasticha
• Oplonia vincoides

References

External links

• GBIF entry
• ITIS entry
• JSTOR Plant Science entries
• USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry
• USDA PLANTS entry
• Stearn, W. T. 1971. A survey of the tropical genera Oplonia and Psilanthele (Acanthaceae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 4:259–323.