Afelandra Dania - Afelandra Dania

...An evergreen herbaceous shrub of the Acanthaceae family with 200 species distributed in tropical America, many of which are highly ornamental. A. squarrosa Nees is native to Brazil, and is a species with bright yellow inflorescence bracts and flowers. Its horticultural variety, cv. Louisae (illustration), has pointed, long, ovate leaves arranged opposite each other, and the veins on the upper surface of the dark green leaves are yellowish-white, making it highly ornamental. A square-shaped inflorescence, over 10 cm long, grows upright at the top of the stem. The bracts are large and persistent, remaining beautiful for a long time. The flowers are tubular with two lips at the tip, and bloom from the bottom of the inflorescence. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…熱帯アメリカに200種が分布するキツネノマゴ科の常緑草本性低木で，観賞価値の高い種類が多い。キンヨウボクA.squarrosa Neesはブラジル原産で，花序の苞も花も鮮黄色の種である。その園芸品種ルイセーcv.Louisae（イラスト）は先のとがった長卵形葉を対生し，濃緑色の葉の表は葉脈が黄白色で観賞価値が高い。茎頂に長さ10cm以上の四稜形の花穂を直立する。苞は大きく宿存して長期間美しい。花は筒状で，先端は2唇状になり，花穂の下方から咲いてゆく。…

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