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Elytraria
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Elytraria

Elytraria, scalystem, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, with a pantropical distribution. They tend to lack stems.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

purple scalystem

speciesElytraria imbricata

Carolina scalystem

speciesElytraria caroliniensis

Wheat-spike Scalystem

speciesElytraria bromoides

Elytraria acaulis

speciesElytraria acaulis

Elytraria mexicana

speciesElytraria mexicana

Elytraria madagascariensis

speciesElytraria madagascariensis

Elytraria macrophylla

speciesElytraria macrophylla

Elytraria nodosa

speciesElytraria nodosa

Elytraria marginata

speciesElytraria marginata

Elytraria cubana

speciesElytraria cubana

Elytraria ivorensis

speciesElytraria ivorensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 155492.