Graptophyllum pictum (L.) Griff.

국표에 없다.

Flora Zambesiaca Acanthaceae (part 2) by Iain Darbyshire, Kaj Vollesen and Ensermu Kelbessa

Morphology->General -> Habit

Shrub; cystoliths present.

Morphology -> Leaves

Leaves variegated, either green and yellow or dark green and pink, elliptic, base cuneate to attenuate, apex shortly acuminate, glabrous.

Morphology -> Reproductive morphology -> Flowers

Flowers held in a short terminal thyrse; bracts and bracteoles inconspicuous, lanceolate, 2–3 mm long.

Morphology -> Reproductive morphology -> Flowers -> Calyx

Calyx of 5 ± equal lanceolate lobes c.4 mm long.

Morphology -> Reproductive morphology -> Flowers -> Corolla

Corolla deep reddish-purple, 35–40 mm long, tube gradually expanded to mouth, curved, to c.25 mm long; limb 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip divided into 3 oblong lobes.

Morphology -> Reproductive morphology -> Flowers -> Androecium -> Stamens

Stamens 2, exserted, bithecous, thecae at equal height; staminodes 2.

Distribution

Native of the Indo-Pacific region, though its exact native distribution apparently unknown. Very widely cultivated in the tropics.

 

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