Interesting Facts
Description
Family Acanthaceae
The Acanthaceae are mostly herbs or shrubs comprising about 250 genera and 2,500 species, including twining forms. The leaves are simple , opposite and decussate; stipules are lacking. The flowers are bisexual , zygomorphic, and usually are associated with conspicuous , often brightly colored bracts. The calyx is usually deeply 4-5 lobed or sometimes is highly reduced with more numerous minute teeth. The corolla is sympetalous , usually 5-merous, mostly zygomorphic, and commonly 2 lipped. The androecium usually consists of 4 didynamous stamens or only 2 stamens adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate with the lobes . The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2 carpels, a single style, and a superior ovary with 2 locules, each with usually 2-10 axile ovules in one or two collateral vertical tiers . An annular nectary disk is usually found around the base of the ovary. The fruit is commonly an elastically dehiscent loculicidal capsule. The seed stalk or funiculus of each seed is modified into a hook shaped jaculator or retinaculum that functions in flinging out the seeds during dehiscence. -- Gerald Carr.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lamianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Lamiales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Acanthaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- acanthacées, acanthus
- Subfamily:
Acanthoideae
()
- Tribe:
Acantheae
()
- Genus:
Aphelandra
()
- R. Brown, 1810
- Specific epithet:
prismatica
- Hiern
- Botanical name: - Aphelandra prismatica Hiern
- Specific epithet:
prismatica
- Hiern
- Genus:
Aphelandra
(
- Tribe:
Acantheae
(
- Subfamily:
Acanthoideae
(
- Family:
Acanthaceae
(
- Order:
Lamiales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Hiern Publication : Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn (1877-78) 78.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Aphelandra
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. aurantiaca (Fiery Spike) · A. aurantiaca var. roezlii (Fiery Spike) · A. mirabilis (Two-Coloured Balm Plant) · A. sinclairiana (Coral Aphelandra) · A. squarrosa (Zebra Plant) · A. tetragona (Red Aphelandra)
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Further Reading
- Johnson's Gardeners' dictionary and cultural instructor. London, A. T. De La Mare printing and publishing co., ltd.[1916] url p. 837.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 236.
- The Bradley bibliography; a guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century; Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1911-18. url p. 797.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 27, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3431703
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:45586-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 45586-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1041063
