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| HERB. HORT. EDINB. | MQ00589 ~~] 10 i) fe Flora of Peru we Acanthaceae Acanthaceae sp. 8 copyright reserved PERU‘ Loreto: Requena: Jenaro Herrera: Jenaro Herrera to Angamos road, km 16. \ _/4? §3' 59” S 73° 38° 56” W “a “S01 JUN 2007 cS Altitude: 160m In a temporarily flooded palm-dominated forest. Herb to 50 cm, scrambling in roots of palm tree. Stem green. Leaves dark green above, lighter below. Bract colour maroon- red. Flowers bright red, base of floral tube white, increasingly { red towards apex, especially where exposed. stamens white, anthers light olive green to light brown. persistent style white Herbarium specimen: E:MOL ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN DNA sample: E EDINBURGH Photograph: E AMI : cen tn 3 E00947532
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