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Strobilanthes alternata

Plant photographs and field observations.

Tropical rainforest vegetation at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0

Species notes

About Strobilanthes alternata

Strobilanthes alternata (also recorded as Crimson Ivy) is an accepted species in the family Acanthaceae, within the order Lamiales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Belize, Benin, Caroline Is., Chad, Chagos Archipelago, Cook Is., El Salvador, and Fiji. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.

Common name
Crimson Ivy
Family
Acanthaceae
Order
Lamiales
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Belize, Benin, Caroline Is., Chad, Chagos Archipelago, Cook Is., El Salvador, Fiji

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy