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Lepidagathis(Greek, scale and ball, in allusion to the curved infl.). Acanthaceae. Tropical herbs and shrubs; one is in horticultural literature as a warm-house evergreen shrub. It is L. cristata, Willd., in Trop. India, with purplish flowers, linear or oblong nearly glabrous leaves and spinose-acuminate bracts and bracteoles: flowers in globose clusters or heads near the base of the plant; corolla 1/3 in. long, in bud densely hairy, white with purple or brown spots: sts. 6-24 in., procumbent. Lepidagathis has about 50 species, of which two are in the American tropics and the others in the Old World. It is little known to cultivators.
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Lepidagathis (Greek, scale and ball, in allusion to the curved infl.). Acanthaceae. Tropical herbs and shrubs; one is in horticultural literature as a warm-house evergreen shrub. It is L. cristata, Willd., in Trop. India, with purplish flowers, linear or oblong nearly glabrous leaves and spinose-acuminate bracts and bracteoles: flowers in globose clusters or heads near the base of the plant; corolla 1/3 in. long, in bud densely hairy, white with purple or brown spots: sts. 6-24 in., procumbent. Lepidagathis has about 50 species, of which two are in the American tropics and the others in the Old World.
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| color = lightgreen
 
| name = ''Lepidagathis''
 
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
 
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
 
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
 
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
 
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
 
| genus = '''''Lepidagathis'''''
 
| genus_authority = [[Carl Ludwig von Willdenow|Willd.]]
 
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
 
| subdivision =
 
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'''''Lepidagathis''''' is a genus of plants in the family [[Acanthaceae]].  
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==Species==
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Selected species:
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* ''[[Lepidagathis riedeliana]]''
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
==Selected species==
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==External links==
* ''[[Lepidagathis riedeliana]]''  [[Nees]]
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[[Category:Acanthaceae]]
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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation
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Scientific Names

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Read about Lepidagathis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Lepidagathis (Greek, scale and ball, in allusion to the curved infl.). Acanthaceae. Tropical herbs and shrubs; one is in horticultural literature as a warm-house evergreen shrub. It is L. cristata, Willd., in Trop. India, with purplish flowers, linear or oblong nearly glabrous leaves and spinose-acuminate bracts and bracteoles: flowers in globose clusters or heads near the base of the plant; corolla 1/3 in. long, in bud densely hairy, white with purple or brown spots: sts. 6-24 in., procumbent. Lepidagathis has about 50 species, of which two are in the American tropics and the others in the Old World. CH


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