Pachystachys lutea

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 lutea
Name

Pachystachys lutea Nees, 1847.
Synonyms

Justicia lutea Ruiz & Pav. ex Schult.
Pachystachys albiflora Rizzini

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
N-Brazil (Acre), Peru

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1847. Prodr. (Candolle) 11: 320.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Pachystachys lutea. 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 lutea. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 16 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Pachystachys lutea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 16.
Tropicos.org 2018. Pachystachys lutea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jun. 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pachystachys lutea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
español: Camaron
suomi: Keltakultakäpy

Pachystachys lutea, known as the golden shrimp plant or lollipop plant, is a tropical, soft-stemmed evergreen shrub between 0.5 and 2.5 meters tall, native to Peru.[1][2] The zygomorphic, long-throated, short-lived white flowers emerge sequentially from overlapping bright yellow bracts on racemes that are produced throughout the warm months.[1]

The Latin specific epithet lutea means “yellow”.[3]

It is cultivated as an ornamental, but in cold temperate regions it requires protection from temperatures below 10 °C (50 °F).[4] It has won the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[4][5]

References

Edward F. Gilman; Alan Meerow (October 1999). "Pachystachys lutea" (PDF). Hort.ifas.ufl.edu. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
Wasshausen, D. C. (1986). "The systematics of the genus Pachystachys (Acanthaceae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 99 (1): 160–185.
Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
"RHS Plantfinder - Pachystachys lutea". Rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 71. Retrieved 14 April 2018.