Taxon:  Brillantaisia lamium (Nees) Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Brillantaisia
Family:
Acanthaceae
Subfamily:
Acanthoideae
Tribe:
Ruellieae
Nomen number:
7713
Place of publication:
J. D. Hooker & G. Bentham in W. J. Hooker, Niger Fl. 477.  1849
Comment:
authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
12/28/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Leucorhaphis lamium Nees

Images (2 total. Click on image for more.)
Embryo drawing

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEquatorial Guinea  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaSao Tome and Principe  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola
Naturalized
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya

Reference(s)
  1. Sidwell, K. 1998. A revision of Brillantaisia (Acanthaceae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 28:97-101.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=7713. Accessed 11 May 2026.