Nicoteba
Genus of flowering plants
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Nicoteba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes four species native to sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent.[1]
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| Nicoteba betonica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Nicoteba Lindau (1893) |
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Species
Four species are accepted.[1]
- Nicoteba betonica (L.) Lindau – western, eastern, and southern tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka)
- Nicoteba fittonioides (S.Moore) Lindau – southeastern Kenya, Tanzania, and northern Mozambique
- Nicoteba nilgherrensis (Nees) Lindau – southwestern India
- Nicoteba versicolor Lindau – Angola
