Jacobinia

• Authority

  Leonard, Emery C. 1958. The Acanthaceae of Colombia, III. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 31: 323-781.

• Family

  Acanthaceae

• Scientific Name

  Jacobinia Nees

• Description

  Description - Herbs or sbrubs; leaf blades usually oblong or ovate, entire, petioled; flowers sessile or short-pcdiccllatc in tlie axils of bracts, solitary, cymose, spicate or paniculate; calyx 5-parted, the segments usually narrow; corolla usually red or yellow, the tube usually elongate, straight or curved, the limb 2-lipped, the upper lip narrow, erect, entire or shallowly 2-lobed, the lower lip 3-lobed; stamens 2, the anther cells more or less unequal, muticous, the connective narrow, ovules 2 in eacli cell.

• Discussion

  About 120 authentic species have been described, all from tropical America.