| Ascotheca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Ascotheca Heine |
| Species: | A. paucinervia |
| Binomial name | |
| Ascotheca paucinervia (T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Heine (1966) | |
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Ascotheca paucinervia is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is a subshrub or shrub native to west-central tropical Africa, ranging from southern Nigeria to Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. It is the sole species in genus Ascotheca.
Two subspecies are accepted:
- Ascotheca paucinervia var. minor Champl. & Senterre – Cameroon and mainland Equatorial Guinea
- Ascotheca paucinervia var. paucinervia – (synonym Rungia obcordata Lindau (1905)) – southern Nigeria, Cameroon, and Gabon