Hypoestes Sol. ex R.Br.

Hypoestes (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs or perennial herbs, decumbent to erect, with cystoliths. Leaves opposite, petiolate; leaf blade margin entire or dentate. Inflorescences of axillary or terminal bracteate spikes to panicles of spikes or of variously disposed cymes (these sometimes clustered in leaf axils); bracteoles usually 4, in 2 to rarely more pairs, distinct or connate, inner pair sometimes partially adnate to outer pair, forming an involucre enclosing 1 or sometimes more flowers. Calyx small, usually obscured by bracteoles, scarious or membranous, 5-lobed; lobes equal or subequal in length. Corolla rose-pink, purplish, or whitish, resupinate 180° by torsion of tube; tube subcylindric to expanded distally into a narrow throat; limb 2-lipped; lower lip (in upper position) shallowly 3-lobed; upper lip (in lower position) subentire or shallowly 2-lobed; lobes ascending cochlear in bud. Stamens 2, inserted near apex of corolla tube, exserted from mouth of corolla; anthers 1-thecous; theca muticous. Ovary with 2 ovules per locule; style exserted from mouth of corolla; stigma 2-lobed, lobes equal or unequal. Capsule stalked, 2-4-seeded; retinacula present. Seeds smooth or ornamented.
Life form perennial
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Images

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Distribution

Hypoestes world distribution map, present in Australia, China, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:659-1
WFO ID wfo-4000018849
COL ID 52RC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 446601
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Synonyms

Hypoestes Periestes

Lower taxons

Hypoestes aldabrensis Hypoestes andamanensis Hypoestes cancellata Hypoestes halconensis Hypoestes inconspicua Hypoestes involucrata Hypoestes kjellbergii Hypoestes kuntzei Hypoestes lanata Hypoestes larsenii Hypoestes malaccensis Hypoestes merrillii Hypoestes mindorensis Hypoestes mollior Hypoestes palawanensis Hypoestes poilanei Hypoestes polythyrsa Hypoestes populifolia Hypoestes pubescens Hypoestes salajeriana Hypoestes salensis Hypoestes serpens Hypoestes sparsiflora Hypoestes strobilifera Hypoestes subcapitata Hypoestes carnosula Hypoestes celebica Hypoestes cephalotes Hypoestes confertiflora Hypoestes consanguinea Hypoestes decaisneana Hypoestes discreta Hypoestes fastuosa Hypoestes forsskaolii Hypoestes psilochlamys Hypoestes pubiflora Hypoestes radicans Hypoestes rodriguesiana Hypoestes rosea Hypoestes tenuifolia Hypoestes teysmanniana Hypoestes thothathrii Hypoestes triflora Hypoestes vidalii Hypoestes purpurea Hypoestes cumingiana Hypoestes comorensis Hypoestes corymbosa Hypoestes secundiflora Hypoestes brachiata Hypoestes loniceroides Hypoestes congestiflora Hypoestes obtusifolia Hypoestes chloroclada Hypoestes maculosa Hypoestes incompta Hypoestes glandulifera Hypoestes thomsoniana Hypoestes elliotii Hypoestes leptostegia Hypoestes betsiliensis Hypoestes lasioclada Hypoestes caudata Hypoestes pulchra Hypoestes stenoptera Hypoestes saboureaui Hypoestes cinerascens Hypoestes cernua Hypoestes mangokiensis Hypoestes elegans Hypoestes chlorotricha Hypoestes lasiostegia Hypoestes mollissima Hypoestes flexibilis Hypoestes bojeriana Hypoestes stachyoides Hypoestes unilateralis Hypoestes jasminoides Hypoestes longilabiata Hypoestes teucrioides Hypoestes decaryana Hypoestes erythrostachya Hypoestes isalensis Hypoestes warpurioides Hypoestes juanensis Hypoestes flavovirens Hypoestes laeta Hypoestes complanata Hypoestes egena Hypoestes perrieri Hypoestes scoparia Hypoestes vagabunda Hypoestes tetraptera Hypoestes cruenta Hypoestes viguieri Hypoestes setigera Hypoestes longituba Hypoestes longispica Hypoestes capitata Hypoestes multispicata Hypoestes comosa Hypoestes oppositflora Hypoestes humbertii Hypoestes poissonii Hypoestes taeniata Hypoestes calycina Hypoestes parvula Hypoestes humifusa Hypoestes angusta Hypoestes macilenta Hypoestes flavescens Hypoestes hastata Hypoestes transversa Hypoestes cochlearia Hypoestes urophora Hypoestes arachnopus Hypoestes richardii Hypoestes anisophylla Hypoestes hirsuta Hypoestes fascicularis Hypoestes spicata Hypoestes oxystegia Hypoestes angustilabiata Hypoestes bosseri Hypoestes saxicola Hypoestes glandulosa Hypoestes canescens Hypoestes ecbolioides Hypoestes floribunda Hypoestes diclipteroides Hypoestes tenuis Hypoestes aristata Hypoestes potamophila Hypoestes tubiflora Hypoestes catati Hypoestes bakeri Hypoestes gracilis Hypoestes acuminata Hypoestes sessilifolia Hypoestes nummulariifolia Hypoestes phyllostachya