Common name: Shrubby Whitevein
Family: Acanthaceae
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Country of Origin: (only cult.) Ecuador, Per
Description: This species has narrowly tubular flowers that are only weakly zygomorphic. The bracts are reddish orange like the calyx and are therefore not particularly conspicuous.
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 10a-11
Source: Unknown
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Lamiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Acanthaceae
- SubFamily: Acanthoideae
- Tribe: Ruellieae
- SubTribe:
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, December 30, 2017.
- Flowering Plant Families - University of Hawaii Website - Last accessed (defunct link) on Saturday, December 30, 2017.
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