Eranthemum pulchellum Andrews
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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
Type: based on Andrews's description and plate, especially the latter. Justicia nervosa Vahl, Enum. PI. 1:164. 1804. - Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R. Br. ex TYPE: based on Miler specimen from India. Fig. 12
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Description
Description - Erect undershrub to 2 m; leaves petiolate, blades elliptic, acute, 5-25 x 1.5-9 cm, entire, glabrous; inflorescence a trichotomously branched panicle formed of short, subsessi le spikes terminal on branches, spikes 3-8 cm long; bracts oblong to oblanceolate, mucronate, glabrous, variegated white and green, neither ciliolate nor spinescent; bracteoles linear, ca. 6 mm long; calyx scarious, puberulent, deeply 5-lobed, ca. 7 mm long, lobes linear; corolla blue, glabrous 15-30 mm long, tube cylindrical, lobes ovate, spreading ca. 6-8 x 5-7 mm; stamens 2, inserted at throat; anthers 2- thecous, emucronate; staminodes 2, small, shortly connate to filaments; capsule with solid stipe-like basal part, glabrous, 10-15 x 10 x 10 mm, 4-seeded; retinacula present, septae with attached retinacula remaining attached to inner wall of mature capsule.