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'''''Strobilanthes''''' is a genus of about 250 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Acanthaceae]], mostly native to tropical [[Asia]], but with a few species extending north into temperate regions of Asia.
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Strobilanthes (Greek, cone and flower, referring to the inflorescence). Acanthaceae. Herbs or shrubs, erect, sometimes tall, glabrous, scabrous-pubescent or villous; greenhouse, or out-of-doors in extreme South.
 
Strobilanthes (Greek, cone and flower, referring to the inflorescence). Acanthaceae. Herbs or shrubs, erect, sometimes tall, glabrous, scabrous-pubescent or villous; greenhouse, or out-of-doors in extreme South.
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Strobilanthes are mostly erect half-shrubby plants cultivated for their flowers and foliage. Only young, well-grown plants are attractive, the older ones becoming weedy and unattractive. Some species are grown as ornamental foliage bedding plants, but they are not so desirable for general use as the coleus, the slightest cool weather changing the color of their leaves to a very undesirable shade. In the greenhouse they make fine decorative foliage plants but require at all times a high temperature and an abundance of moisture and much syringing. Under unfavorable conditions they lose then- leaves and become unsightly.
 
Strobilanthes are mostly erect half-shrubby plants cultivated for their flowers and foliage. Only young, well-grown plants are attractive, the older ones becoming weedy and unattractive. Some species are grown as ornamental foliage bedding plants, but they are not so desirable for general use as the coleus, the slightest cool weather changing the color of their leaves to a very undesirable shade. In the greenhouse they make fine decorative foliage plants but require at all times a high temperature and an abundance of moisture and much syringing. Under unfavorable conditions they lose then- leaves and become unsightly.
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S. auriculatus. Nees. Shrub, 2-6 ft. high, glabrous, except the more or less hairy tips of the branches: lvs., one sometimes 10 x 2 1/4 in., the other 3 x 1 1/2 in., ovate, serrulate: spikes terminal, solitary: fls. pale purple. India. H.U. 6, p. 196.—S. glomeratus, T. Anders. Shrub, with branches often horizontal and hairy upward: lvs. ovate and acute, complanate (flattened), serrate, hairy or villous above: fls. purple, about 2 in. long. India. B.M. 3881 (as Goldfussia glomerata).—S. Wallichii, Nees. Weak subalpine shrub with angled branches: lvs. elliptic, acuminate: fls. blue, in pairs or solitary. Himalaya. B.M. 5119 (as Goldfussia Thomsoni).
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S. auriculatus. Nees. Shrub, 2-6 ft. high, glabrous, except the more or less hairy tips of the branches: lvs., one sometimes 10 x 2 1/4 in., the other 3 x 1 1/2 in., ovate, serrulate: spikes terminal, solitary: fls. pale purple. India.—S. glomeratus, T. Anders. Shrub, with branches often horizontal and hairy upward: lvs. ovate and acute, complanate (flattened), serrate, hairy or villous above: fls. purple, about 2 in. long. India.—S. Wallichii, Nees. Weak subalpine shrub with angled branches: lvs. elliptic, acuminate: fls. blue, in pairs or solitary. Himalaya.
 
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==Cultivation==
 
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==Species==
 
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*''[[Strobilanthes acrocephalus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes affinis]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes angustifrons]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes atropurpureus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes attenuata]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes auriculatus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes bheriensis]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes bracteata]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes capitata]]''
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*''[[ Strobilanthes callosus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes cuneata]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes cusia]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes cyclus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes dalhousieanus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes divaricatus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes dyerianus]]''
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*''[[ Strobilanthes ixiocephalus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes extensa]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes flexicaulis]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes formosanus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes forrestii]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes glandulifera]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes glutinosa]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes hamiltoniana]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes isophyllus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes ixiocephalus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes kunthiana]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes lachenensis]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes lamiifolia]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes longespicatus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes multidens]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes nutans]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes oliganthus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes oligocephala]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes pentstemonoides]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes rankanensis]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes sabiniana]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes saccata]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes subnudata]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes tamburensis]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes tetraspermus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes thomsonii]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes triflorus]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes urticifolia]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes wallichii]]''
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*''[[Strobilanthes yunnanensis]]''
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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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