Common Names
Common Names in English:
Dragons Tongue, Waffle Plant
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.
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May, June, July, August. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 6-12" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 15-18" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 11. (map)
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:
Lamiidae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Lamianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Scrophulariales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Acanthaceae
()
- Durande, 1782, Nom. Cons.
- Acanthus Family
- Genus:
Hemigraphis
()
- Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
repanda
- Botanical name: - Hemigraphis repanda
- Specific epithet:
repanda
- Genus:
Hemigraphis
(
- Family:
Acanthaceae
(
- Order:
Scrophulariales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Hemigraphis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 68 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
H. abyssinica · H. affinis · H. alternata (Cemetery-Plant) · H. angustifolia · H. bakeri · H. bicolor · H. brunelloides · H. chinensis · H. colorata · H. confinis · H. crenata · H. crispa · H. cumingiana · H. dentata · H. diversiflora · H. diversifolia · H. drymophila · H. dura · H. elegans · H. exotica (Purple Waffle Plant) · H. flaccida · H. flava · H. fluviatilis · H. fruticulosa · H. glaucescens · H. griffithiana · H. hirsuta · H. hirsuta crenata · H. hirsutissima · H. hirta · H. javanica · H. keiensis · H. klossii · H. lamiifolia · H. latebrosa · H. luzona · H. nemorosa · H. neocaledonica · H. novomegapolitana · H. oblongifolia · H. okamotoi · H. origanoides · H. pachyphylla · H. pacifica · H. palauana · H. parabolica · H. pauciflora · H. primulaefolia · H. primulaefolia Villar 'Million Dollar' · H. primulifolia · H. procumbens · H. prunelloides · H. quadrifaria · H. repanda (Dragons Tongue) · H. repanda 'Acanthus' (Dragons Breath) · H. repanda 'Crispy Red Flame' · H. repens · H. reptans (Redflame) · H. royenii · H. schomburgkii · H. schweinfurthii · H. serpens · H. setosa · H. sublobata · H. sublobatum · H. subtinctoria · H. szechuanica · H. viridis
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Further Reading
- Judd, Campbell, Kellog & Donoghue: Plant Systematics, a phylogenetic approach
- Judd, W.S., Campbell, C.S., Kellog, E.A. & Donoghue, M.J. (2002): Plant Systematics: a phylogenetic approach, Sinauer, Sunderland, Mass.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 27, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 29, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5838675
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:49515-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 744285
