Strobilanthes heteromalla
| Strobilanthes heteromalla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Strobilanthes |
| Species: | S. heteromalla
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| Binomial name | |
| Strobilanthes heteromalla T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke[1]
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Strobilanthes heteromalla is a large shrub in the family Acanthaceae, native to the Coonoor Ghat region of India. It is one of the species of Strobilanthes with a very long blooming cycle. It was seen flowering in 1850 and not again until 1886[2] leaving open the possibility of a 36-year cycle, but as Gamble notes three 12-year or two eighteen year cycles might have somehow gone unnoticed.
More recent studies have indicated a flowering interval of 14 years, compared to 12 years in the related Strobilanthes kunthiana.[3]
References
- ^ "Strobilanthes heteromalla T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ^ Gamble, James Sykes (1972). A Manual of Indian Timbers (reprint ed.). Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. p. 520.
- ^ Singh, Rajeev Kumar; Arigela, Ravi Kiran (2019-12-31). "Gregarious flowering of two endemic Strobilanthes species (Acanthaceae) in southern Western Ghats, India and typification of two names". NeBIO. 10 (4): 227–232. ISSN 2278-2281. Retrieved 2025-08-25.