Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze

• Authority

  Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.

• Family

  Acanthaceae

• Scientific Name

  Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze

• Type

  Thyrsacanthus cuspidatus Nees, DC, Prodr. 11:323. 1847. Type: Mexico, Oaxaca, Sierra S. Pedro Nolasco, Talea, C Jürgensen 895 (lectotype K, Daniel 1995: 98). Fig. 23.

• Description

  Description - Shrub 1 m; stems subquadrangular, pilose, older stems glabrate; leaves petiolate, blades elliptic to ovate, 9.5-15 x 4-6 cm, glabrous, margin entire to undulate; inflorescence a terminal raceme or panicle with 3 to many flowers in fascicles; pedicels 5-7 mm long, puberulent; bracts subulate, 1.5-4 x 0.5-1 mm, margin entire, ciliolate; bracteoles subulate, 1-1.5 x 0.5 mm, margin ciliolate; calyx 5-lobed, lobes subulate, 1.5-2 mm long, margin ciliolate; corolla red, tubular, 25-35 mm long, glabrous, weakly bilabiate, lower lip 3-lobed, lobes elliptic-ovate, ciliolate, upper lip 2-lobed, lobes elliptic-ovate, apically rounded; stamens 2, included; anthers 2-thecous, the thecae blunt at base; staminodes 2; capsule clavate, glabrous; seeds 4.