Staurogyne hypoleuca Benoist

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Staurogyne

Characteristics

Herbs to 1 m tall. Stems glabrous, lenticellate. Petiole 3-6 cm; leaf blade oblong, elliptic, or lanceolate, 13-17 × 4.5-7 cm, both surfaces glabrous, abaxially glaucous, adaxially green, secondary veins 8-11 on each side of midvein, base cuneate and slightly decurrent onto petiole, margin entire or undulate, apex acuminate to sometimes acute. Racemes terminal or in axils of apical leaves, to 15 cm, unbranched or branched at base; rachis gland-tipped pilose; bracts linear, 4-4.5 × ca. 0.8 mm, apex acuminate; bracteoles linear, ca. 2 mm. Flowers alternate. Pedicel 2-3.5 mm. Calyx ca. 5 mm, outside pubescent with gland-tipped trichomes; lobes triangular-ovate, ca. 4 × 1 mm, unequal with lateral 2 lobes smaller, margin ciliate with gland-tipped trichomes. Corolla white, funnel-shaped, ca. 7 mm; lobes suborbicular, ca. 1.5 × 1.3 mm, subequal. Stamens with longer pair ca. 3 mm and shorter pair ca. 2 mm; filaments glabrous; anther thecae ca. 1 mm, those of longer pair of stamens slightly exserted. Ovary ellipsoid, ca. 2 mm; ovules in 2 rows per locule, 12 in each row; style ca. 3 mm, glabrous; stigma 2-cleft. Capsule cylindric, 5-7 mm. Fl. Dec-Apr.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Staurogyne hypoleuca world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:55259-1
WFO ID wfo-0001228943
COL ID 6ZHVB
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Synonyms

Ophiorrhiziphyllon hypoleucum Staurogyne hypoleuca