- Source: Whitfieldia
Whitfieldia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 13 species of erect or scrambling shrubs native to tropical Africa. The greatest species diversity is in the Guineo-Congolian rainforests of western and central Africa.
Species
13 species are accepted:
Whitfieldia brazzae (Baill.) C.B.Clarke
Whitfieldia colorata C.B.Clarke ex Stapf
Whitfieldia elongata (P.Beauv.) De Wild. & T.Durand
Whitfieldia lateritia Hook.
Whitfieldia latiflos C.B.Clarke
Whitfieldia laurentii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
Whitfieldia liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Durand
Whitfieldia orientalis Vollesen
Whitfieldia preussii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
Whitfieldia purpurata (Benoist) Heine
Whitfieldia rutilans Heine
Whitfieldia stuhlmannii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
Whitfieldia thollonii (Baill.) Benoist