Acanthaceae Sanchezia parvibracteata

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Flower
• Lamina leaf blade
• Vegetative
• Venation
• Leaf parts
• Inflorescence
• Flower & fruit
• Leaf
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Annandale Falls - GRENADA

Species information

Interest
Sanchezia - honour of Jose Sanchez, a 19th century professor of botany at the University of Cadiz.

Specimen information

Collection Date
18/06/2001

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, S.Cable & D. Jules

Specimen Number
554

Location
Botanical garden around waterfall.

Notes
Shrub to 3.5 m tall. STEMS: upto 4 cm diam., swollen above nodes, sparse longitudinal ridges with lenticels. LEAVES: slightly bullate with all nerves impressed above and prominant below. FLOWERS: white with red bracts. (RHS colour code: Leaf upper =147A, below=147B)

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.050000 N   Longitude: 61.430000 W   Altitude: 170