| Dicliptera aripoensis | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Dicliptera |
| Species: | D. aripoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dicliptera aripoensis (Britton) Leonard | |
| Synonyms | |
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Diapedium aripoense Britton | |
Dicliptera aripoensis is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago. The species is only known from the Heights of Aripo, in Trinidad's Northern Range. It is a branching shrub, 1–1.5 m tall with red flowers about 3 cm long.
The species was described as Diapedium aripoense by American botanist Nathaniel Lord Britton in 1926, based on a collection made by Walter Elias Broadway in 1922. American botanist Emery Clarence Leonard transferred the species to the genus Dicliptera in 1954.
Conservation status
Although Dicliptera aripoensis is not listed in the IUCN Red List the authors of a 2008 assessment of the endemic plant species of Trinidad and Tobago considered it a critically endangered because it is known from only a single locality, and this area is shrinking or experiencing habitat degradation.
See also
References
- Oatham, M.; Van den Eynden, V. & Johnson, W. (2017). "Dicliptera aripoensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. IUCN: e.T115945546A115968111. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T115945546A115968111.en. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Dicliptera aripoensis". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. 2009-01-26.
- ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord (1926). "Studies of West Indian Plants-XIII". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 53 (7). Torrey Botanical Society: 457–71. doi:10.2307/2480026. JSTOR 2480026.
- Van den Eynden, Veerle; Michael P. Oatham; Winston Johnson (2008). "How free access internet resources benefit biodiversity and conservation research: Trinidad and Tobago's endemic plants and their conservation status". Oryx. 42 (3): 400–07. doi:10.1017/S0030605308007321.
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