aphelandra
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prettygoodwordaphelandra (af-uh-LAN-druh) - n., any shrub of the evergreen tropical American genus Aphelandra, widely grown as a house plant for its shiny variegated leaves and brightly colored flowers.
Around 170 species, give or take, and includes some rather showy ones:
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Many of them have flowers more on the red spectrum, but I like the stripy leaves of that one, an A. squarrosa. Name was coined from Ancient Greek roots aphelēs, simple/smooth + andros, genitive of anēr, man/male, because the anthers are single-celled. Which, huh.
---L.
Around 170 species, give or take, and includes some rather showy ones:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
Many of them have flowers more on the red spectrum, but I like the stripy leaves of that one, an A. squarrosa. Name was coined from Ancient Greek roots aphelēs, simple/smooth + andros, genitive of anēr, man/male, because the anthers are single-celled. Which, huh.
---L.
