Family: Acanthaceae
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Acanthaceae Juss.
Collector/Expedition: Baden, H. Maria
Collection number: 226
Collection date: 1st June 2007
Country/Territory: Peru
Collecting locality: Peru:Loreto:Requena:Jenaro Herrera:Jenaro Herrera to Angamos road, km 16, in RAINFOR permanent plot subplot 25
Habitat: In a temporarily flooded palm-dominated forest.
Description: Small shrub or treelet to 2 m, woody stems green. Erect, solitary stem when young, later (1 year?) branching. Calyx orange-brown, turning red-orange at maturity. Hairs on calyx green. Flowers bright orange. Stamens orange, anthers yellow-white. Hairs on calyx turning from green to lighter yellowish-green in fruit. Fruits orange.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00947085
Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00947085
Herbarium region: 17 (W. Tropical South America)
Number of sheets: 1
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