Staurogyne
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Authority
Leonard, Emery C. 1951. The Acanthaceae of Colombia, I. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 31: 1-117.
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Family
Acanthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Herbs or shrubs; stems (plants rarely acaulescent) erect, ascending, or repent, simple or branched, terete or subquadrangular (sometimes winged), glabrous, pilose, tomentose, or pubescent, the hairs or some of them often glandular ; leaves opposite, usually petioled, entire; flowers sessile or short-pediceled, few or numerous, borne in terminal or axillary loose or compact spikes or racemes; calyx deeply 5-parted, the posterior segment oblong, usually conspicuously longer and broader than the others, the anterior pair usually linear, wider than the setaceous lateral pair; corolla usually red, purple, or yellow, tubular, the limb 2-lipped, the upper lip 2-lobed, the lower 3-lobed, the lobes rounded ; stamens 4, usually included, a staminode usually present between the posterior pair; anthers 2-celled, their sacs ovate, subequal, muticous; stigma 2- or 3-parted; capsules oblong, obtuse, seed-bearing nearly its entire length; seeds numerous, minute, subglobose; retinacula none.