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Adhatoda cydoniaefolia, Brazilian bower plant. |
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Asystasia gangetica, Chinese violet. The small bracts in this
species are not typical for the family. However, the very deeply 5-lobed calyx is. The
photo in the middle shows half of an immature fruit with one of the seeds
remove and the other still resting on the bracket-like jaculator.
The photo on the right shows the whole fruit after dehiscence. Notice the persistent calyx and the
well developed jaculators upon which the seeds rested before the explosive separation of
the carpels hurled the seeds out of the capsule. |
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Graptophyllum pictum, caricature plant. The zygomorphic,
strongly 2-lipped flowers of this species are much more conspicuous than the floral
bracts. |
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Hemigraphis alternata, metal leaf. This common ground cover has
purplish bracts that are about as conspicuous as the flowers. |
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Justicia betonica, white shrimp plant. Note the conspicuous
bracts, the strongly two-lipped corollas, and the didynamous stamens. |
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Justicia californica, chuparosa, S CA, Mar, 1973. |
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Justicia brandegeana, red shrimp plant. The bracts in this
species are quite showy and are at least as conspicuous as the 2-lipped corollas. |
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Odontonema tubiforme, ornamental shrub from
Central America grown for the bright red, tubular flowers. |
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Pachystachys spicata |
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Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum, purple false
eranthemum. Smooth
shrub from S. Polynesia, with rose-purple or white and purple flowers; leaves variegated
with purple or green and white. |
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Sanchezia speciosa. This species has narrowly tubular flowers
that are only weakly zygomorphic. The bracts are reddish orange like the calyx and are
therefore not particularly conspicuous. |
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Thunbergia battescombei, ornamental from tropical Africa.
UH Campus, Honolulu, April, 2004. |
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Thunbergia erecta. Thunbergia typically has two
bracts closely subtending each flower. These bracts hide the calyx,
which is commonly reduced to a short, toothed rim at the base of the
corolla. The calyx is visible in the fourth image where one of the
bracts has been folded back, away from the corolla. U of HI Manoa Campus,
Honolulu, HI, 2005. |
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Thunbergia grandiflora, Bengal trumpet, ornamental liana from
India. UH Campus, Honolulu, April, 2004. |
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Thunbergia laurifolia, Acanthaceae, purple allamanda. Ornamental vine from
India with Showy, violet, trumpet shaped flowers up to three inches across.
1-2, UH Campus, Honolulu, April, 2004. |
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Thunbergia mysorensis, Lyon Arboretum, O'ahu. |
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Unknown sp. |