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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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Neriacanthus Benth.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 2: 1096. 1876.
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Note
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TYPE: N. purdicanus Benth.
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Synonym
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Aphanandrium Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfaim. IV, 3b: 323. 1895. TYPE: A. lehmannianum.
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Description
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Shrubs. Leaves opposite with entire or undulate margins. Inflorescences of terminal or axillary spikes; bracts imbricate, usually colored, conspicuous; bractlets about the same size as the deeply 5-parted calyx segments; corolla tube subcylindric, the lobes imbricate, subequal, spreading; stamens 4, included, the anthers narrow, 1-celled. Capsules short stipitate, minutely punctate, shiny, glabrous, 4-seeded; seeds flattened, suborbicular, borne on blunt-tipped retinacula.
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Habit
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Shrubs
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Note
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Three species have been described for this genus which is endemic to tropical America.
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Distribution
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Peru to Panama.
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