Aphelandra lasiophylla Leonard

Aphelandra lasiophylla Leonard

Aphelandra lasiophylla Leonard, Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. 31:192. 1953.

Shrubs; stems terete, densely strigose, the hairs light brown, 0.5 mm long; leaf blades oblongelliptic, to 28 cm long and 10 cm wide, shortacuminate at apex, narrowed at base and decurrent on the petiole, coriaceous, entire or undulate, the upper surface glabrous to sparingly strigose, the lower surface densely brown pilose to subtomentose, to 1 mm long, the costa and lateral veins (about 15 pairs) prominent below, less so above; petioles to 1.5 cm long and 3 mm in diameter, densely brown-pilose to subtomentose; spikes terminal, solitary, subsessile, about 13 cm long and 1.5 cm broad, loosely imbricate, the rachis silverypubescent; bracts narrowly ovate, 15 mm long, 7 mm wide near base, acute, coriaceous, entire, glabrous, sparingly ciliolate, the costa and lateral nerves obscure, glandular area wanting; bractlets lanceolate, 2.5 mm wide near base, acute, carinate, dorsally white-tomentose except a narrow marginal area, this glabrous, subhyaline and striate; calyx 14 mm long, the segments coriaceous, obscurely striate, acute, finely pubescent, the posterior segment oblong-lanceolate, 5 mm wide near base, the anterior pair lanceolate, 3 mm wide near base, the lateral pair narrowly lanceolate, 2.5 mm wide at base; corolla (very immature) finely pubescent at least 3 cm long; ovary glabrous.

TYPE.—J. Triana s.n. (holotype COL), Columbia, Antioquia, 1300 m alt, May 1852.

DISTRIBUTION.—Known only from the typelocality.

Aphelandra lasiophylla là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Ô rô. Loài này được Leonard mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1953.