Biology:Chlamydocardia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Chlamydocardia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Chlamydocardia
Lindau
Synonyms[1]

Linocalix Lindau (1913)

Chlamydocardia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1]

Its native range is western tropical Africa to Uganda.[1]

The genus name of Chlamydocardia is from the Greek word chlamydos meaning cloak or short mantle and also from the Greek kardia meaning heart.[2]

Species:[1]

  • Chlamydocardia buettneri Lindau
  • Chlamydocardia subrhomboidea Lindau

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Chlamydocardia Lindau | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:475-1. 
  2. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume I, A–C. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2. 

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