Louteridium S.Watson

Genus

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs. Leaves petiolate, glabrous, the cystoliths present, the margins en-tire or crenate. Inflorescences in terminal panicles or racemes; bracts small. Flowers with 3-merous calyx; corolla large, red, light green or yellow, the tube expanding abruptly just above the ovary into a hood with 5 short, unequal lobes; stamens 2 or 4, exserted from an arched position in the bud, the anther cells parallel; style exserted from an arched position in the bud. Capsule sessile.
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