Stenandrium

• Authority

  Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

• Family

  Acanthaceae

• Scientific Name

  Stenandrium

• Description

  Genus Description - Acaulescent low herbs. Leaves congested in a rosettelike configuration; blades with minute cystoliths; petioles usually elongate. Flowers borne on scapose spikes with imbricate bracts; calyx of 5, subequal sepals; corolla funnel-shaped; stamens 4, didynamous, adnate to the throat, not projecting beyond the lobes; stigma club-shaped or slightly lobed. Capsule ellipsoid to nearly cylindrical; seeds 2 or 4 per capsule.