Aphelandra campii D. C. Wassh.

Aphelandra campii Wasshausen

Aphelandra campii Wasshausen, Phytologia 25:467. 1973.

Suffrutescent, 1.5–2 m high; stems terete, glabrous; leaf blades elliptic to oblong, 13–14 cm long and 4.4–4.8 cm wide, acuminate (the tip blunt), gradually narrowed from above middle and attenuate at base, entire, submembranaceous, the upper surface deep green, glabrous or sparingly and inconspicuously puberulous, the lower surface pale green, glabrous, black-punctate, the costa and lateral veins (11–13 pairs) slightly raised, glabrous, more conspicuous beneath than above; petioles (unwinged portion) 1.5–3 cm long, glabrous or sparingly puberulous; flowers borne in short, fewflowered, pedunculate spikes, these axillary and terminal, 2–3 cm long, 1 cm wide (without corollas) forming a thyrse, the peduncles 1.5–4 cm long, glabrous; bracts obovate, pale cream-green, 8 mm long, 6 mm wide, obscurely 3-lobed at apex, cuneate at base, glabrous, glandular-punctate, net-veined, the margins entire, reddish; bractlets lanceolate, 5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, striate-nerved, subhyaline, glabrous; calyx segments lanceolate, 5–6 mm long, striate-nerved, subhyaline, glabrous, the posterior segment 2 mm wide, acute, the anterior pair 1 mm wide, the lateral pair 0.5 mm wide, both pairs mucronulate at tip; corolla yellow or pale cream, 2.8 cm long, glabrous, the tube suberect, 25 mm long, 2 mm wide at base, 5 mm at mouth, the upper lip 2.5 mm long, the lobes 2 mm long and 1 mm wide, rounded, the lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe 2.5 mm in diameter, the lateral lobes 2.5 mm long and 2 mm wide, all obtuse or rounded; stamens reaching the tip of the upper lip; anthers 2 mm long, arachnoid at tip; capsules elliptic, light brown, 10 mm long, 2.5 mm in diameter, nitid, minutely pitted; seeds 2.5 mm long, 3 mm wide at base, muricate.

TYPE.—W. H. Camp E-1371 (holotype US, isotype NY), Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchepe, Cordillera Cutucú, east-trending slope from top of ridge down toward the Itzintza, 1440–1740 m alt, 17 Nov–5 Dec 1944.

DISTRIBUTION.—Rare, in underbrush at edge of forest, in Ecuador and Peru. PERU. HUÁNUCO: Río Tulumayu, affluent of Río Huallaga below Tingo María, hacienda LaVega, 1000 m alt, 23 Oct 1947, Fosberg 28846 (US).

Aphelandra campii is perhaps nearest in relationship to A. jacobinioides Lindau, but differs markedly in that its leaves and bracts are much smaller and narrower and that its corolla lips are considerably shorter.

Aphelandra campii là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Ô rô. Loài này được Wassh. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1973.