Accession Data

Streblacanthus amoenus

Common Name: Velvet Cloak Plant

Family: Acanthaceae

Country of Origin: Peru

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 11

Accession #: 198500120

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1309

Quantity: 3

Source: SCE/NYBG

Provenance:

  • Originally in collection as Sciaphyllum amoenum. Name erroneously changed to Streblacanthus roseus per ARS-GRIN.
  • December 2015 - Name corrected to Streblecanthus amoenum per Plant List.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Lamiales

Family: Acanthaceae

SubFamily: Acanthoideae

Tribe: Justicieae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed 1 December 2015.
  2. Daniel, Thomas F.. “Sciaphyllum Amoenum (Acanthaceae) Is a Peruvian Streblacanthus”. Novon 6.2 (1996): 147–149. Last accessed 1 December 2015.

Images

Streblacanthus amoenus
Streblacanthus amoenus