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Aphelandra
Aphelandra is a genus of about 170 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Red Aphelandra
speciesAphelandra scabra

fiery spike
speciesAphelandra aurantiaca

Zebra-plant
speciesAphelandra squarrosa

Panama Queen
speciesAphelandra sinclairiana

Aphelandra longiflora
speciesAphelandra longiflora

Aphelandra acanthus
speciesAphelandra acanthus

Aphelandra chamissoniana
speciesAphelandra chamissoniana

Aphelandra lingua-bovis
speciesAphelandra lingua-bovis

Aphelandra prismatica
speciesAphelandra prismatica

Aphelandra liboniana
speciesAphelandra liboniana

Aphelandra runcinata
speciesAphelandra runcinata

Aphelandra hieronymi
speciesAphelandra hieronymi

Aphelandra glabrata
speciesAphelandra glabrata

Aphelandra madrensis
speciesAphelandra madrensis

Aphelandra golfodulcensis
speciesAphelandra golfodulcensis

Aphelandra dielsii
speciesAphelandra dielsii

Aphelandra margaritae
speciesAphelandra margaritae

Aphelandra nitida
speciesAphelandra nitida

Aphelandra ornata
speciesAphelandra ornata

Aphelandra flava
speciesAphelandra flava

Aphelandra arborea
speciesAphelandra arborea

Aphelandra pulcherrima
speciesAphelandra pulcherrima

Aphelandra guayasii
speciesAphelandra guayasii

Aphelandra colorata
speciesAphelandra colorata

Aphelandra schottiana
speciesAphelandra schottiana

Aphelandra dolichantha
speciesAphelandra dolichantha

Aphelandra wendtii
speciesAphelandra wendtii

Aphelandra lineariloba
speciesAphelandra lineariloba

Aphelandra schiedeana
speciesAphelandra schiedeana

Aphelandra espirito-santensis
speciesAphelandra espirito-santensis

Aphelandra crispata
speciesAphelandra crispata

Aphelandra goodspeedii
speciesAphelandra goodspeedii

Aphelandra harleyi
speciesAphelandra harleyi

Aphelandra sulphurea
speciesAphelandra sulphurea

Aphelandra rubra
speciesAphelandra rubra

Aphelandra molinae
speciesAphelandra molinae

Aphelandra hartwegiana
speciesAphelandra hartwegiana

Aphelandra acanthifolia
speciesAphelandra acanthifolia

Aphelandra bracteopectinata
speciesAphelandra bracteopectinata

Aphelandra lyrata
speciesAphelandra lyrata

Aphelandra maculata
speciesAphelandra maculata

Aphelandra hylaea
speciesAphelandra hylaea

Aphelandra seibertii
speciesAphelandra seibertii

Aphelandra tonduzii
speciesAphelandra tonduzii

Aphelandra lasiandra
speciesAphelandra lasiandra

Aphelandra tridentata
speciesAphelandra tridentata

Aphelandra gracilis
speciesAphelandra gracilis

Aphelandra rusbyi
speciesAphelandra rusbyi

Aphelandra ameleta
speciesAphelandra ameleta
Aphelandra azuayensis
speciesAphelandra azuayensis

Aphelandra albinotata
speciesAphelandra albinotata

Aphelandra rosulata
speciesAphelandra rosulata

Aphelandra speciosa
speciesAphelandra speciosa

Aphelandra heydeana
speciesAphelandra heydeana

Aphelandra crenata
speciesAphelandra crenata
Aphelandra montis-tusae
speciesAphelandra montis-tusae

Aphelandra grandis
speciesAphelandra grandis

Aphelandra pinarotricha
speciesAphelandra pinarotricha

Aphelandra huilensis
speciesAphelandra huilensis

Aphelandra barkleyi
speciesAphelandra barkleyi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Aphelandra in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 184152.