Cyrtandra cleopatrae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Genus: | Cyrtandra |
Species: | C. cleopatrae
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Binomial name | |
Cyrtandra cleopatrae |
Cyrtandra cleopatrae is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae endemic to the Philippines. It is a tropical shrub having recaulescent inflorescences composed of multiple purpled flowers that emerge on the plant stem from stubby shoots. [3] It was first collected for science during a 1998 [4] expedition sponsored by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, [3] from a location in Palawan called Cleopatra's Needle [4] (elev. 1550m), [5] thus the specific epithet "cleopatrae". The taxon was first published in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany in 2001. [1]
Cyrtandra cleopatrae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Genus: | Cyrtandra |
Species: | C. cleopatrae
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Binomial name | |
Cyrtandra cleopatrae |
Cyrtandra cleopatrae is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae endemic to the Philippines. It is a tropical shrub having recaulescent inflorescences composed of multiple purpled flowers that emerge on the plant stem from stubby shoots. [3] It was first collected for science during a 1998 [4] expedition sponsored by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, [3] from a location in Palawan called Cleopatra's Needle [4] (elev. 1550m), [5] thus the specific epithet "cleopatrae". The taxon was first published in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany in 2001. [1]