Barleria
Barleria
Genus of flowering plants
Barleria is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 303 species native to the tropics and subtropics, including the Americas from Mexico to northern South America, sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China and Taiwan, parts of Malesia, and New Guinea.[1]
Some species include:
- Barleria acanthoides Vahl
- Barleria aculeata Balf.f.
- Barleria albostellata C.B.Clarke, the grey barleria
- Barleria compacta Malombe & I.Darbysh.
- Barleria cristata L., the crested Philippine violet
- Barleria elegans S.Moore
- Barleria greenii M.&K.Balkwill, Green's barleria
- Barleria lupulina Lindl., the hop-headed barleria or snake bush
- Barleria micans Nees
- Barleria mysorensis B.Heyne ex Roth
- Barleria observatrix Bosser & Heine
- Barleria obtusa Nees, the bush violet
- Barleria opaca (Vahl) Nees
- Barleria popovii Verdc.
- Barleria pretoriensis C.B.Clarke
- Barleria prionitis L., the porcupine flower
- Barleria repens Nees, the small bush violet
- Barleria rotundifolia Oberm.
- Barleria siamensis Craib
- Barleria strigosa Willd.
- Barleria tetracantha Balf.f.
