Henrya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1]
Its native range is Arizona to Central America. It is found in the countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panamá.[1]
The genus name of Henrya is in honour of Aimé Constant Fidèle Henry (1801–1875), a French-born German bookseller in Bonn and member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[2] It was first described and published in G.Bentham, Bot. Voy. Sulphur on page 148 in 1846.[1]
Known species, according to Kew:[1]
Henrya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Its native range is Arizona to Central America. It is found in the countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panamá.
The genus name of Henrya is in honour of Aimé Constant Fidèle Henry (1801–1875), a French-born German bookseller in Bonn and member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. It was first described and published in G.Bentham, Bot. Voy. Sulphur on page 148 in 1846.
Known species, according to Kew:
Henrya insularis Nees Henrya scorpioides (L.) Nees Henrya tuberculosperma T.F.DanielHenrya es un género de plantas con flores perteneciente a la familia Acanthaceae. El género tiene dos especies de hierbas.[1] Se encuentra en Centroamérica.
Son hierbas a plantas sufruticosas, de hasta 1 m de alto; tallos más jóvenes cuadrangulares, pubérulos. Hojas ovadas, 3–9 cm de largo y 1.8–5.5 cm de ancho, ápice agudo a acuminado, base obtusa a aguda, márgenes enteros. Inflorescencias en espigas densas o laxas, terminales o axilares, 2–10 cm de largo, brácteas caulinares laxamente imbricadas; la corola bilabiada, angostamente infundibuliforme, de 10–15 mm de largo, amarillo pálida a crema, tubo de 1/3 del largo de la corola. Frutos claviformes.[2]
El género fue descrito por Nees, Bentham y publicado en The Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur pl. 49. 1845.[2] La especie tipo es: Henrya insularis Nees
Henrya es un género de plantas con flores perteneciente a la familia Acanthaceae. El género tiene dos especies de hierbas. Se encuentra en Centroamérica.
Henrya là chi thực vật có hoa trong họ Acanthaceae.[1]
Henrya là chi thực vật có hoa trong họ Acanthaceae.