Gerardia

Read about Gerardia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Stenandrium (Greek, narrow anthers). Acanthaceae. Nearly stemless or short-stemmed herbs, frequently villous or pubescent, adapted to the warm- or coolhouse: lvs. often radical or clustered at the base of the st., very entire: spikes scape-like, peduncled, dense or interrupted: fls. usually small at the axils of the opposite bracts, solitary, sessile, spicate; calyx 5-parted, segms. narrow, acute; corolla-tube slender, cylindrical, limb oblique, 5-lobed, lobes obovate, retuse; stamens 4, didynamous: caps. oblong or subfusiform, subterete, 4-seeded or by abortion fewer-seeded.—About 30 species, Trop. and Subtrop. Amer. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Gerardia L.
Species
See text.

Gerardia L. (syn. Stenandrium Nees) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It was once used as the generic name for the genus Agalinis, but based on the rules of of the ICBN (Art. 53) it is an illegitimate later homonym of Gerardia L. (1753) that is now unavailable for use in the Scrophulariaceae.

The genus is named for the English herbalist John Gerard (1545-1611/2).

Species inclued:

• Gerardia angustifolia Mart.
• Gerardia brachyphylla Cham. & Schltdl.
• Gerardia communis Cham. & Schltdl.
• Gerardia genistaefolia Cham. & Schltdl.
• Gerardia hispidula Mart.
• Gerardia linarioides Cham. & Schltdl.

External links

• Flora Brasiliensis: Gerardia
• PlantSystematics: Stenandrium