Acanthaceae

Sanchezia

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Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Genus Parent: Acanthaceae Status: Valid

Vegetative Morphology

Habit: Herbs, subshrubs, or shrubs.

Leaves: Leaves simple, opposite.

Reproductive Morphology

Inflorescence: Inflorescence of solitary flowers or fascicles in the leaf axils or terminal spikes, all generally surrounded by large, partially fused, showy bracts.

Flowers: Flowers: calyx subactinomorphic, 4-5-lobed; corolla tubular, subactinomorphic with short, erect or reflexed lobes; fertile stamens 2, usually exerted, staminodes 2.

Fruit: Fruit an oblong, bivalved capsule, brown when mature.

Seeds: Seeds flattened, orbicular, 6-8 or more per fruit.