Oplonia is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 21 species native to western South America (Peru, Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina), the Caribbean, and Madagascar.
Species 21 species are accepted. Oplonia acicularis Oplonia acuminata Oplonia acunae Oplonia armata Oplonia cubensis Oplonia grandiflora Oplonia hutchisonii Oplonia jamaicensis Oplonia jujuyensis Oplonia linifolia Oplonia microphylla Oplonia minor Oplonia moana Oplonia multigemma Oplonia nannophylla Oplonia polyece Oplonia puberula Oplonia purpurascens Oplonia spinosa Oplonia tetrasticha Oplonia vincoides
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GBIF entry ITIS entry JSTOR Plant Science entries USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry USDA PLANTS entry Stearn, W. T. 1971. A survey of the tropical genera Oplonia and Psilanthele (Acanthaceae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 4:259–323.