Brillantaisia
Brillantaisia is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. They are native to the African tropics and subtropics, including Madagascar. They may grow from 20 cm to 2 m in height. Their hirsute stems are square in cross-section and their heart-shaped leaves have an opposite arrangement. Their purple or white pea-like flowers produce long, cigar-shaped seed pods. They reproduce easily from seeds or vegetatively. One species, B. lamium, is invasive in Queensland.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyAcanthaceae
Native toAngola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea
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Brillantaisia is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. They are native to the African tropics and subtropics, including Madagascar. They may grow from 20 cm to 2 m in height. Their hirsute stems are square in cross-section and their heart-shaped leaves have an opposite arrangement. Their purple or white pea-like flowers produce long, cigar-shaped seed pods. They reproduce easily from seeds or vegetatively. One species, B. lamium, is invasive in Queensland.
==Species== 14 species are accepted. Brillantaisia cicatricosa Lindau Brillantaisia debilis Burkill Brillantaisia fulva Lindau Brillantaisia grottanellii Pic.Serm. Brillantaisia lamium (Nees) Benth. Brillantaisia lancifolia Lindau Brillantaisia madagascariensis T.Anderson ex Lindau Brillantaisia oligantha Milne-Redh. Brillantaisia owariensis P.Beauv. Brillantaisia pubescens T.Anderson ex Oliv. Brillantaisia richardsiae Vollesen Brillantaisia riparia (Vollesen & Brummitt) Sidwell Brillantaisia stenopteris Sidwell Brillantaisia vogeliana Benth.