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Scientific Name |
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Aphelandra |
Common Name |
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Aphelandra, Zebra Plant, Saffron Spike |
Family Name |
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Acanthaceae
- The Acanthaceae are mostly herbs or shrubs comprising
about 250 genera and 2,500 species, including twining
forms. The leaves are simple, opposite and decussate;
stipules are lacking. The flowers are bisexual, zygomorphic,
and usually are associated with conspicuous, often brightly
colored bracts. The calyx is usually deeply 4-5 lobed
or sometimes is highly reduced with more numerous minute
teeth. The corolla is sympetalous, usually 5-merous,
mostly zygomorphic, and commonly 2 lipped. The androecium
usually consists of 4 didynamous stamens or only 2 stamens
adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate
with the lobes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound
pistil of 2 carpels, a single style, and a superior
ovary with 2 locules, each with usually 2-10 axile ovules
in one or two collateral vertical tiers. An annular
nectary disk is usually found around the base of the
ovary. The fruit is commonly an elastically dehiscent
loculicidal capsule. The seed stalk or funiculus of
each seed is modified into a hook shaped jaculator or
retinaculum that functions in flinging out the seeds
during dehiscence.
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Cultivars |
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Dania, Brockfeld, Louisae |
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Nurseries |
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