Aphelandra aurantiaca (Scheidw.) Lindl.
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Authority
Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.
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Family
Acanthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Aphelandra aurantiaca (Scheidw.) Lindl., Bot. Reg. 31, Pl. 12. 1845. — Hemisandra aurantiaca Scheidw., Bull. Acad. Sci. Bruxelles 9:22. 1842. TYPE: Neotype (Daniel 1991: 248): Mexico, illustration accompanying Lindley's new combination. Aphelandra simplex Lindau, Bull. Herb. Boiss., ser. I, 3:366. 1895. TYPE: Bolivia, Cochabamba, Kuntze s. n. (lectotype NY, here chosen).
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Description
Description - Unbranched perennial herbs to 1.5 m; leaf blades ovate-elliptic to elliptic, glabrous, entire; inflorescence 1-several spikes; bracts green or reddish along margin, lance-ovate to ovate-elliptic, margin dentate; corolla red to reddish-orange, lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, lateral lobes reduced, upper lip erect, minutely bilobed.
Phenology - Flowers at the end of the rainy season from March to July.