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(Last Modified On 7/30/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/30/2013)
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Genus
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Staurogyne Wallich
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PlaceOfPublication
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P1. Asiat. Rariores 2: 80, pl. 186. 1831.
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Note
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TYPE: S. argenta Wall.
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Description
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Herbs or shrubs; stems, erect, ascending, or repent, terete or subquadrangular, glabrous or pubescent, hairs often glandular. Leaves usually petiolate, entire. Flowers sessile or short pedicellate, few to many, in terminal or axillary spikes or racemes; calyx deeply 5-segmented, posterior segment oblong, usually con- spicuously longer and broader than the others; corolla usually red, purple or yellow, cylindrical, bilabiate, the upper lip 2-lobed, the lower lip 3-lobed, the lobes rounded; stamens 4, didynamous, usually included, a staminode usually present between the posterior pair, the anthers 2-celled, the sacs subequal, rounded. Capsules oblong, obtuse, seeds borne the entire length, retinacula absent; seeds numerous, minute, subglobose.
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Habit
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Herbs or shrubs
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Note
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This is a genus of ca. 80 species distributed in New and Old World tropics, especially Western Malaysia.
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