Barleria
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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 - Shrubs or herbs; leaves opposite; entire; flowers axillary or borne in terminal bracted spikes; calyx deeply 4-parted, 2 of the segments larger than the others; corolla usually yellow or blue, the tube about as long as the spreading limb or longer, the limb with 5 rounded lobes; stamens 4, didynamous, borne on the base of the corolla tube; style elongated; stigma obtuse, ovules 2 in each cavity; capsules ovoid to oblong; seeds flattenedj ovate to suborbicular.