Aphelandra scabra (Vahl) Sm. is a plant in the Acanthaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Aphelandra scabra (Vahl) Sm.

Aphelandra scabra (Vahl) Sm.

Representative specimens of Aphelandra scabra (Vahl) Sm. are from various locations in Mpio. Gómez Farías and Mpio. Llera, with collectors like L. Hernández, F. Medrano, A. Mora - Olivo, A. Richardson, and A. Valiente B., and stored in institutions such as MEXU, UAT, TEX, and ASU.

Family
Genus
Aphelandra
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Aphelandra scabra (Vahl) Sm.

REPRESENTATIVE SPECIMENS: In Mpio. Gómez Farías, at Rancho El Cielito, 3 km SW of El Encino (23 ° 07 ʹN, 099 ° 08 ʹW), L. Hernández 3002 (MEXU - image, XAL); 4 – 5 km NW of Gómez Farías, F. Medrano et al. 3623 (MEXU). In Mpio. Llera, at the source of the Río Sabinas in Reserva de la Biósfera El Cielo, Ejido La Libertad, A. Mora - Olivo et al. 7614 (UAT). Near Gómez Farías, about 0.5 mi N on the road to Aguacates, A. Richardson 946 (TEX). In Mpio. Gómez Farías, 3 km W of Gómez Farías, A. Valiente B. et al. 320 (ASU, MEXU).

Photo: (c) Ruth Ripley, all rights reserved, uploaded by Ruth Ripley

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Acanthaceae Aphelandra

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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