Aphelandra

Accepted species 210 Documented here 15 Family Acanthaceae

Accepted species 210 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Aphelandra scabra (Vahl) Sm. 143 documented
Aphelandra aurantiaca (Scheidw.) Lindl. 29 documented
Aphelandra lingua-bovis Leonard 15 documented
Aphelandra sinclairiana Nees 14 documented
Aphelandra prismatica (Vell.) Hiern 10 documented
Aphelandra acanthus Nees 9 documented
Aphelandra golfodulcensis McDade 7 documented
Aphelandra flava Nees 5 documented
Aphelandra nitida Nees & Mart. 5 documented
Aphelandra acanthifolia Hook. 4 documented
Aphelandra chamissoniana Nees 4 documented
Aphelandra dolichantha Donn.Sm. 4 documented
Aphelandra lineariloba Leonard 4 documented
Aphelandra longiflora (Lindl.) Profice 4 documented
Aphelandra ornata (Nees) T.Anderson 3 documented
Aphelandra lyrata Nees 2 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra speciosa Brandegee 2 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra hieronymi Griseb. 1 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra liboniana Jacob-Makoy 1 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra madrensis Lindau 1 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra pulcherrima (Jacq.) Kunth 1 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra acrensis Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra albert-smithii Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra albinotata Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra alexandri Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra ameleta Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra anderssonii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra antioquiensis Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra apecoi R.Villanueva, Rob.Fernández & Pillaca 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra arborea (Mill.) M.R.Almeida 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra arisema Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra aristei Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra arnoldii Mildbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra attenuata Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra aucayacuensis Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra azuayensis Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra bahiensis (Nees) Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra barkleyi Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra benoistii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra blanchetiana (Nees) Hook.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra blandii Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra botanodes Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra boyacensis Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra bracteopectinata Cornejo, Wassh. & B.Cohen 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra bradeana Rizzini 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra calciferi R.Villanueva & J.R.I.Wood 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra campanensis Durkee 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra campii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra caput-medusae Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra castanifolia Britton ex Rusby 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra chaponensis Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra chrysantha Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra cinnabarina Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra cirsioides Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra claussenii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra colombiensis Lindau ex Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra colorata (Vell.) Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra conformis Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra crenata Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra crispata Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra cuatrecasasii Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra cuscoensis Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra darienensis Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra dasyantha Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra davidsonii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra decorata (Nees) Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra diachyla Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra dielsii Mildbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra diffusa Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra dodsonii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra dukei Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra dunlapiana Standl. & L.O.Williams 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra elata (Lindau) McDade & E.A.Tripp 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra encarnacionii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra espinosae Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra espirito-santensis Profice & Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra euopla Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra eurystoma Mildbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra fasciculata Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra fernandezii Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra ferreyrae Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra floribunda J.R.I.Wood & R.Villanueva 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra formosa (Bonpl.) Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra galba Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra garciae Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra gigantea (Rizzini) Profice 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra gigantiflora Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra glabrata Willd. ex Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra goodspeedii Standl. & F.A.Barkley 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra gracilis Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra grandis Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra grangeri Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra grazielae Profice 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra guayasii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra guerrerensis Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra gunnarii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra hapala Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra harleyi Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra harlingii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra hartwegiana Nees ex Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra haughtii Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra heydeana Donn.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra hintonii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra hirta (Klotzsch) Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra huilensis Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra hylaea Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra hymenobracteata Profice 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra impressa Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra inaequalis Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra jacobinioides Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra juninensis Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra killipii Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra kingii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra knappiae Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra kolobantha Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra kuna T.F.Daniel & McDade 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra lamprantha Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra lasia Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra lasiandra (Mildbr.) McDade & E.A.Tripp 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra lasiophylla Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra latibracteata Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra lawranceae Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra laxa Durkee 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra leonardii McDade 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra lilacina C.Ezcurra 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra limbatifolia Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra loxensis Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra luyensis Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra macrophylla Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra macrosiphon Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra macrostachya Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra maculata (Tafalla ex Nees) Voss 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra margaritae É.Morren 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra marginata Nees & Mart. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra martiusii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra maximiliana (Nees) Benth. ex Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra merelloae T.F.Daniel & McPherson 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra micans Moritz ex Vatke 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra mildbraediana Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra modesta (Mildbr.) Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra molinae T.F.Daniel 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra mollis (Nees) Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra mollissima Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra montis-scalaris Lindau ex Pilg. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra mucronata (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra neesiana Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra neillii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra nemoralis Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra nuda Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra obtusa (Nees) Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra obtusifolia (Nees) Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra panamensis McDade 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra parviflora Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra parvispica Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra paulensis Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra pepe-parodii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra peruviana Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra phaina Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra pharangophila Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra phlogea Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra phrynioides Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra pilosa Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra pinarotricha Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra plowmanii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra porphyrocarpa Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra puberula Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra pumila G.Nicholson 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra quadrifaria Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra reticulata Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra rigida Glaz. ex Mildbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra rosulata (Lindau) Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra rubra Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra rugosa R.Villanueva, Rob.Fernández & Pillaca 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra runcinata Klotzsch ex Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra rusbyi Britton ex Rusby 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra schiedeana Schltdl. & Cham. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra schieferae Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra schottiana (Nees) Profice 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra schunkei Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra scolnikiae Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra seibertii Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra sericantha Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra silvicola Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra squarrosa Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra stephanophysa Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra steyermarkii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra stipulacea (Lindau) McDade & E.A.Tripp 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra storkii Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra straminea Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra sulphurea Hook.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra superba Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra taborensis Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra terryae Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra tetroicia Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra tillettii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra tomentosa Lindau 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra tonduzii Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra trianae Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra tridentata Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra tumbecensis Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra variegata C.Morel ex Planch. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra villonacensis Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra viscosa Mildbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra vitellina (Lindau) McDade & E.A.Tripp 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra wasshausenii Profice 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra weberbaueri Mildbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra wendtii T.F.Daniel 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra wurdackii Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra xanthantha Leonard 0 below the evidence gate
Aphelandra zamorensis Wassh. 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.