Family: Acanthaceae
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Acanthaceae Juss.
Collector/Expedition: Baden, H. Maria
Collection number: 277
Collection date: 26th June 2007
Country/Territory: Peru
Collecting locality: Peru:Loreto:Requena:Jenaro Herrera:CIJH, on path towards swimming pool and Copal Plantation
Description: Climbing shrub to 50 cm, Stem dark green, swollen at nodes, these in varying shades of green. Leaves dark green above, lighter below. Veins above near base of leaf blackish. Petioles purplish below. Bracts lighter green and thinner than leaves. Calyx light green. Gynoecium green. Immature flower light yellowish-white, mature corolla tube white. Stamens and anthers white. Style white.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00947077
Herbarium region: 17 (W. Tropical South America)
Number of sheets: 1
Associated material:
Silica-driedEGEN0004855
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