Barleria acanthoidesVahl

WFO wfo-0000560137 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Barleria acanthoides, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. a Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-01-25 / obs. 71398958
Barleria acanthoides, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. b Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 71398980
Barleria acanthoides, photographed by S.MORE
fig. c S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 126306857
Barleria acanthoides, photographed by S.MORE
fig. d S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 126306883
Barleria acanthoides, photographed by S.MORE
fig. e S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 126306917

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Barleria acanthoides is native: Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, India, Pakistan ChadDjiboutiEgyptEritreaEthiopiaKenyaSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaOmanSaudi ArabiaYemenIndiaPakistan
Native distribution of Barleria acanthoides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Chad CHA AFRICA
Djibouti DJI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Oman OMA ASIA-TEMPERATE
Saudi Arabia SAU
Yemen YEM
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Barleria noctiflora Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Barleria trinervis Nees
  • Barleriacanthus acanthoides (Vahl) Oerst.
  • Wahabia longiflora Fenzl

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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