Aphelandra fernandezii Leonard

Aphelandra fernandezii Leonard

Aphelandra fernandezii Leonard, Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. 31:270. 1953.

Herbs to 1 m high; stems subquadrangular, at least the upper portions densely and minutely gray strigose; leaf blades oblong-elliptic or broadly oblong-lanceolate, to 32 cm long and 10.6 cm wide at, or slightly above, middle, acuminate, the tip often curved, narrowed at base and decurrent on the petiole, membranaceous, entire or shallowly crenate, drying olive green, the lower surface a lighter and deeper greenish shade than the upper, the upper surface glabrous, minutely alveolate under a lens, the lower surface sparingly hirtellous, the hairs confined chiefly to the costa and lateral veins (9–11 pairs), these prominent on both surfaces; petioles stout, 2 cm long, densely grayhirtellous; spikes terminal, solitary, subsessile, 9 cm long, 3.5 cm broad (measured from tips of bracts), the rachis angled, glabrous; bracts red, rather closely imbricate, entire, rhombic-ovate, 26 mm long and 15 mm wide (the lowermost sterile ones much smaller), subacute, glabrous, ciliate near tip, the costa and adjacent nerves prominent, the veinlets obscurely and rather coarsely reticulate toward margins, the glandular spots about 3.5 mm long and 1.5 mm wide, the ocelli 50μ in diameter, very numerous; bractlets linear, 13 mm long, 2.25 mm wide, acuminate, striate-nerved, sparingly hirtellous dorsally particularly at the tip; calyx segments subequal, 21–23 mm long, glabrous or ciliate at tip, coriaceous, striate-nerved, the posterior segment narrowly oblong-elliptic, 4 mm wide, truncate, emarginate and apiculate at tip, the anterior segments linear-lanceolate, 2.5 mm wide, acuminate, the lateral segments narrowly lanceolate, 1.5 mm wide, acuminate; corolla about 6 cm long, red, puberulous, the tube 6 mm broad at throat, the upper lip ovate, 23 mm long, about 12 mm wide, bilobate at tip, the lobes triangular, 5 mm long and 3 mm wide at base, acute, the lip spreading or reflexed, the middle lobe narrowly ovate, about 23 mm long and 8 mm wide near base, obtuse, the lateral lobes narrowly oval, 1.5 mm wide, rounded at tip, adnate in part to the upper lip, their free portions 1.5 mm long; stamens reaching notch of the upper lip; anthers 1 cm long, acuminate at base, subobtuse at tip, dorsally pilosulous; filaments triquetrous, glabrous or the angles toward base minutely roughened; ovary glabrous; mature capsules not seen.

TYPE.—A. Fernández 254 (holotype US), Colombia, Chocó, in woods at Enseñada de Utría 5 Jun 1950.

DISTRIBUTION.—Known only from the typelocality.

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