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Pachystachys
Pachystachys is a genus of 12 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to rainforest in the Caribbean and Central and South America. They are evergreen perennials and shrubs bearing prominent terminal spikes of flowers with brightly coloured bracts.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first
golden shrimp plant
speciesPachystachys lutea
Cardinals Guard
speciesPachystachys spicata
Cardinal's guard
speciesPachystachys coccinea
Pachystachys dubiosa
speciesPachystachys dubiosa
Pachystachys cordata
speciesPachystachys cordata
Pachystachys azaleiflora
speciesPachystachys azaleiflora
Pachystachys puberula
speciesPachystachys puberula
Pachystachys velutina
speciesPachystachys velutina
Pachystachys badiospica
speciesPachystachys badiospica
Pachystachys longibracteata
speciesPachystachys longibracteata
Pachystachys killipii
speciesPachystachys killipii
Pachystachys fosteri
speciesPachystachys fosteri
Pachystachys gracilis
speciesPachystachys gracilis
Pachystachys incarnata
speciesPachystachys incarnata
Pachystachys linearibracteata
speciesPachystachys linearibracteata
Pachystachys rosea
speciesPachystachys rosea
Pachystachys schunkei
speciesPachystachys schunkei
Pachystachys ossolae
speciesPachystachys ossolae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 154891.