Common name
English: Cardinal's Guard
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2090)
Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1997)
Class: Magnoliopsida (1684)
Order: Scrophulariales (99)
Family: Acanthaceae (22) (family description)
Genus: Pachystachys (1)
Epithet: coccinea Nees (6)
Synonyms: Dianthera coccinea Salisb., Jacobinia coccinea (Aubl.) Hiern, Justicia coccinea Aubl., Thyrsacanthus coccineus (Aubl.) T.Anderson
coccinea => scarlet
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: red
External links
Check for Pachystachys coccinea at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI
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