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Pachystachys
Sign in to savePachystachys is a genus of 12 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to rainforest in the Caribbean and Central and South America. They are evergreen perennials and shrubs bearing prominent terminal spikes of flowers with brightly coloured bracts.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyAcanthaceae
Pachystachys es un género de fanerógamas perteneciente a la familia Acanthaceae. El género tiene especies herbáceas, distribuidas en las regiones tropicales de América, principalmente en Brasil, Perú y Centroamérica.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 87
- With media
- 50
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, NY, FSL, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), MO, UEFS
- Recorded in
- Trinidad Y Tobago, Brazil, Peru, Brasil
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Pachystachys is a genus of 12 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to rainforest in the Caribbean and Central and South America. They are evergreen perennials and shrubs bearing prominent terminal spikes of flowers with brightly coloured bracts.
The name Pachystachys comes from the Greek for "thick spike", referring to the flower heads. The genus is closely related to Justicia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pachystachys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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