Common name: Velvet Cloak Plant
Family: Acanthaceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: Peru
Description:
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 11
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.
Restrictions:
Culture:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Lamiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Acanthaceae
- SubFamily: Acanthoideae
- Tribe: Justicieae
- SubTribe:
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed 1 December 2015.
- Daniel, Thomas F.. “Sciaphyllum Amoenum (Acanthaceae) Is a Peruvian Streblacanthus”. Novon 6.2 (1996): 147–149. Last accessed 1 December 2015.
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