Sanchezia
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Authority
Leonard, Emery C. 1951. The Acanthaceae of Colombia, I. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 31: 1-117.
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Family
Acanthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Description - Erect herbs or shrubs, usually glabrous; flowers solitary or fascicled, usually large and conspicuous, yellow or red, borne on spikes or racemes, the flower clusters subtended by small or often large and partly connate bracts, these sometimes colored; calyx 5-parted; corolla tube cylindric, 5-lobed, the lobes equal; stamens 2, usually exserted; anthers 2-celled, longitudinally ciliate, mucronulate at base; staminodes 2; capsule oblong, 6 to 8-seeded; seeds orbicular.
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Discussion
Sanchezias are shrubby or subherbaceous plants bearing large firm leaves and attractive, bright yellow or purple, sessile flowers disposed in spikes or racemes. Natives of tropical America, these plants are mainly confined to wet forests of the northern Andes, but, being both attractive and adaptable to cultivation, they have reached regions far removed from their native haunts. Specimens of cultivated or escaped plants have been seen from Costa Rica, Cuba, Java, Siam, and Amboina. About 30 species are now recognized.