# Dyschoriste

Dyschoriste is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 98 species native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, and southern Asia. Members of the genus are commonly known as snakeherb.

## Etymology

The name comes from the Greek δυσ, poorly, and χωριστός, to split, in reference to the slightly lobed stigma.

## Species

98 species are accepted.
* Dyschoriste albiflora Lindau
* Dyschoriste angusta (A.Gray) Small – Pineland snakeherb
* Dyschoriste angustifolia (Hemsl.) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste axillaris Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
* Dyschoriste bayatensis (Urb.) Urb.
* Dyschoriste bayensis Thulin
* Dyschoriste boliviana Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
* Dyschoriste burchellii (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste capitata (Oerst.) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste capricornis C.B.Clarke
* Dyschoriste celebica Bremek.
* Dyschoriste ciliata (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste cinerascens (Henrickson & Hilsenb.) T.F.Daniel
* Dyschoriste clarkei (Vatke) Benoist
* Dyschoriste costata (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste crenulata Kobuski – Wavyleaf snakeherb
* Dyschoriste cubensis Urb.
* Dyschoriste cunenensis C.B.Clarke
* Dyschoriste dalyi A.G.Mill.
* Dyschoriste decumbens (A.Gray) Kuntze – Spreading snakeherb
* Dyschoriste diffusa (Nees) Urb.
* Dyschoriste ecuadoriana Wassh.
* Dyschoriste erythrorhiza (Nees) Lindau
* Dyschoriste eulinae F.K.S.Monteiro & J.I.M.Melo
* Dyschoriste geniculata Nees
* Dyschoriste gracilicaulis (Benoist) Benoist
* Dyschoriste gracilis (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste greenmanii Kobuski
* Dyschoriste heudelotiana (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste hildebrandtii (S.Moore) Lindau ex O.B.Clarke
* Dyschoriste hirsuta (Oerst. ex Hiern) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste hirsutissima (Nees) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb
* Dyschoriste hispidula (Baker) Benoist
* Dyschoriste humilis Lindau
* Dyschoriste humistrata (Michx.) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb
* Dyschoriste hygrophiloides (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste jaliscensis Kobuski
* Dyschoriste keniensis Malombe, Mwachala & Vollesen
* Dyschoriste kitongaensis Vollesen
* Dyschoriste lavandulacea (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste linearis (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze – Narrowleaf snakeherb
* Dyschoriste lycioides Chiov.
* Dyschoriste madagascariensis (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste madurensis (Burm.f.) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste maranhonis (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste mcvaughii T.F.Daniel
* Dyschorite microphylla (Cav.) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste miskatensis Thulin
* Dyschoriste multicaulis (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste mutica (S.Moore) C.B.Clarke
* Dyschoriste nagchana (Nees) Bennet
* Dyschoriste novogaliciana T.F.Daniel
* Dyschoriste nummulifolia Chiov.
* Dyschoriste nyassica Gilli
* Dyschoriste oblongifolia (Michx.) Kuntze – Oblongleaf snakeherb
* Dyschoriste oligosperma (Steenis) Bremek.
* Dyschoriste ovata (Cav.) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste parvula (Alain & Leonard) Greuter & R.Rankin
* Dyschoriste pilifera Hutch.
* Dyschoriste pinetorum Kobuski
* Dyschoriste poliodes Leonard & Gentry
* Dyschoriste principis Benoist
* Dyschoriste pringlei Greenm.
* Dyschoriste prostrata Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
* Dyschoriste pseuderecta Mildbr.
* Dyschoriste pulegium (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste purpusii Kobuski
* Dyschoriste quadrangularis (Oerst.) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste quitensis (Kunth) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste radicans Nees
* Dyschoriste repens (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste rosei Kobuski
* Dyschoriste rubiginosa Ramamoorthy & Wassh.
* Dyschoriste sagittata Kobuski
* Dyschoriste sallyae Vollesen
* Dyschoriste saltuensis Fernald
* Dyschoriste schiedeana (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste schottiana (Nees) Kobuski
* Dyschoriste serpyllifolia (Nees) Benoist
* Dyschoriste serpyllum (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste setigera (Pers.) Vollesen
* Dyschoriste siphonantha (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste smithii Leonard
* Dyschoriste subquadrangularis (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
* Dyschoriste tanganyikensis C.B.Clarke
* Dyschoriste tanzaniensis Vollesen
* Dyschoriste thunbergiiflora (S.Moore) Lindau
* Dyschoriste tinctorum (Decne.) E.A.Tripp & T.F.Daniel
* Dyschoriste trichanthera Kobuski
* Dyschoriste trichocalyx (Oliv.) Lindau
* Dyschoriste tubicalyx C.B.Clarke
* Dyschoriste tweedieana (Nees) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste vagans (Wight) Kuntze
* Dyschoriste venturii Leonard
* Dyschoriste vestita Benoist
* Dyschoriste vinacea F.K.S.Monteiro & J.I.M.Melo
* Dyschoriste xylopoda Kobuski
* Dyschoriste zambiana Vollesen