Pseuderanthemum

• Authority

  Leonard, Emery C. 1953. The Acanthaceae of Colombia, II. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 31: i-viii, 119-322.

• Family

  Acanthaceae

• Scientific Name

  Pseuderanthemum

• Description

  Description - Herbs or small shrubs; leaves opposite, usually ovate; flowers borne in terminal or axillary bracteate spikes, racemes or panicles, the bracts and bractlets subtending the flower clusters small; calyx segments 4 or 5, subulate; corolla white, blue, or pink, the tube slender, the limb spreading, the 5 lobes subequal; stamens 2, usually included; staminodes 2, minute; anthers cells muticous or acute at the base; capsules long-stipitate; seeds 2 or 4.

• Discussion

  In his treatment of Eranthemum (DC Prodr. 11: 445. 1847) Nees classifies his species having subequal corolla lobes under two heads, one with large conspicuous bracts, all Old World species, under "a. Grandibracteata," and the other, with small inconspicuous bracts, partly New World and partly Old World species, under "b. Parvibracteata." To this latter section Radlkofer applied the generic name Pseuderanthemum.