Biology:Staurogyne
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nelsonioideae |
| Genus: | Staurogyne Wall. |
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Staurogyne is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae.[1][2]
Description
Species of the genus Staurogyne tend to have annual or perennial herbs. They may also have shrubs. The stems of Staurogyne tend to be short.[3]
Species
The genus includes 150 accepted species,[4] of which the most notable are:
- Staurogyne bicolor
- Staurogyne brachystachya
- Staurogyne elegans
- Staurogyne hirsuta
- Staurogyne minarum
- Staurogyne repens
- Staurogyne sichuanica
Distribution
The genus is widely distributed in the equatorial regions of Africa, Asia and South America.[4]
References
- ↑ Braz, Denise Monte; Montiero, Reinaldo (14 February 2017). "Taxonomic Revision of Staurogyne (Nelsonioideae, Acanthaceae) in the Neotropics". Phytotaxa 296: 1–40. https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.296.1.1.
- ↑ "Staurogyne — The Plant List". http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Acanthaceae/Staurogyne/.
- ↑ Hu, Jia-qi; Daniel, Thomas F. (2011). "STAUROGYNE Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 80.". http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/PDF/PDF19/Staurogyne.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Staurogyne Wall. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:947-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q1945892 entry
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