Monographs Details:
Authority:
Leonard, Emery C. 1958. The Acanthaceae of Colombia, III. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 31: 323-781.
Leonard, Emery C. 1958. The Acanthaceae of Colombia, III. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 31: 323-781.
Family:
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae
Description:
Description - The specimen deposited in the National Herbarium is an ascending branched herb about 40 cm. high, the stems subquadrangular, bifariously hirtellous with retrorsely curved white septate hairs up to 0.22 mm. long; the internodes of the stem are short and rather numerous, not exceeding 2 cm. in length. The leaf blades are ovate, up to 23 mm. long and 14 mm. wide, obtuse or rounded at tip and narrowed at base, rather firm, entire or undulate, nitid, glabrous or the margins and the costa and lateral nerves (these moderately conspicuous) bearing a few rigid ascending hairs about 0.2 mm. long; petioles thick, about 1.5 mm. long, sparingly hirtellous. The specimen examined was definitely sterile without the faintest vestige of a flower.
Description - The specimen deposited in the National Herbarium is an ascending branched herb about 40 cm. high, the stems subquadrangular, bifariously hirtellous with retrorsely curved white septate hairs up to 0.22 mm. long; the internodes of the stem are short and rather numerous, not exceeding 2 cm. in length. The leaf blades are ovate, up to 23 mm. long and 14 mm. wide, obtuse or rounded at tip and narrowed at base, rather firm, entire or undulate, nitid, glabrous or the margins and the costa and lateral nerves (these moderately conspicuous) bearing a few rigid ascending hairs about 0.2 mm. long; petioles thick, about 1.5 mm. long, sparingly hirtellous. The specimen examined was definitely sterile without the faintest vestige of a flower.