Staurogyne elegans

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Staurogyne elegans
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Staurogyne
Species:
S. elegans
Binomial name
Staurogyne elegans
(Nees) Kuntze (1891)
Synonyms [1]
  • Ebermaiera elegans Nees (1847)
  • Stiftia elegansPohl ex Nees (1847)

Staurogyne elegans is a species of flowering plant native to Brazilian cerrado vegetation. [2] [1] It is a subshrub or shrub native to Minas Gerais state. [1] This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Staurogyne elegans (Nees) Kuntze | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  2. Braz, Denise Monte; Monteiro, Reinaldo [UNESP (2017-02-14). "Taxonomic Revision of Staurogyne (Nelsonioideae, Acanthaceae) in the Neotropics". Phytotaxa . ISSN   1179-3155.