Aphelandra macrostachya Nees

• Authority

  Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.

• Family

  Acanthaceae

• Scientific Name

  Aphelandra macrostachya Nees

• Type

  Type: Colombia, Amazonas, Rio Negro, Martius 3179 (holotype M; F photo 20496).

• Description

  
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  Description - Shrub 2 m; leaves large, elliptic to narrowly obovate, glabrous, margins entire; inflorescence of 1-several, terminal and axillary, elongate spikes; bracts red-orange, rhombic-ovate, rigid, with paired bracteal nectar patches lateral and submedial. margin entire; corolla red-orange, papillate, lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, lateral lobes reduced, upper lip erect, minutely bilobed.