Sanchezia parvibracteata Sprague & Hutch.
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Authority
Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.
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Family
Acanthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type: described from plant cultivated at Kew.
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Description
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Description - Suffrutescent herb or shrublet, 1.5 m; stem subquadrangular; leaf blades oblanceolate, green with yellow veins, glabrous, narrowed basally and decurrent on petiole, margin undulate and shallowly dentate; inflorescence an erect, sparingly branched, terminal panicle, fascicles usually several-flowered, sessile, subsecund; bracts subtending fascicles triangular-ovate, green with orange or yellowish towards tip; bract subtending flowers ovate, glabrous; calyx exceeding bracts, lobes oblanceolate; corolla ochre, 40-50 mm long, densely pubescent distally, lobes oblong, 6 x 4 mm, emarginate; stamens exserted 7-8 mm beyond mouth of corolla, the thecae pubescent: capsule oblong, 6-8-seeded.