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: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN 0 TN E00947533 HERB. HORT. EDINB. Flora of Peru Acanthaceae Acanthaceae sp. PERU: Loreto: Requena: Jenaro Herrera: Jenaro Herrera to Angamos road, km 16, in RAINFOR permanent plot near small stream. 4° 55° 25" S 73° 32° 16" W 01 JUN 2007 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 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 DNA sample: E Photograph: E Baden, H. Maria 224 10 copyright reserved oO) co w Q © g =
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