Pachystachys coccinea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Justicieae
Subtribus: Tetrameriinae
Genus: Pachystachys
Species: Pachystachys coccinea
Name

Pachystachys coccinea (Aubl.) Nees, 1847.
Synonyms

Justicia coccinea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 10, t. 3. 1775.
Thyrsacanthus coccineus (Aubl.) T.Anderson, J. Agric. Soc. India 1: 284. 1868.
Justicia carnea Hook. ex Nees
Pachystachys latior Nees

References

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1847. Prodr. (Candolle) 11: 319.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Pachystachys coccinea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Pachystachys coccinea. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 16 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Pachystachys coccinea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 16.
Tropicos.org 2018. Pachystachys coccinea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jun. 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pachystachys coccinea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Pachystachys coccinea, the Cardinals guard, is a perennial evergreen shrub native to French Guiana, Brazil, and Peru[1] It has ovate to elliptic dark leaves and red flowers on terminal spikes, and can grow to be two to six feet tall, though cultivated plants tend to be shorter.[2]

The genus name Pachystachys is derived from the Greek for thick spike in reference to the flowering spikes. The species name coccinea is derived from the Latin for scarlet in reference to the deep red flowers.[3]
References

"Pachystachys coccinea". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2015-05-13.
"Pachystachys coccinea". Gardino Nursery. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
"Pachystachys coccinea". Missouri Botanial Garden. Retrieved 2015-05-13.