''Yeatesia'' is a putative genus of flowering plants in the family
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in te ...
, found in northeast Mexico and the southeast United States, from Texas to Florida. Each of its species grows in very different habitats; ''Yeatesia mabryi'' is found in hardwood forests in Mexico, ''Y. platystegia'' prefers semiarid scrublands in Mexico and Texas, and ''Y. viridiflora'' grows in wetter forest bluffs and along water courses in US Gulf Coast states. Molecular evidence shows that ''Yeatesia'' is not a monophyletic genus.
Species
Currently accepted species include:
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Yeatesia mabryi''
Hilsenb.
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Yeatesia platystegia''
(Torr.) Hilsenb.
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Yeatesia viridiflora''
(Nees) Small
References
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Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae genera