Elytraria

{{short description|Genus of Acanthaceae plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

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|image_caption = Elytraria bromoides botanical illustration

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|taxon = Elytraria

|authority = Michx. (1803)Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 8 (1803)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|synonyms =

• Cymburus {{small|Raf. (1837), nom. illeg.}}
• Tubiflora J.F.Gmel. (1791)

|synonyms_ref ={{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331584-2 |title=Elytraria Michx. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=30 January 2024}}

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Elytraria, scalystem, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, with a pantropical distribution. They tend to lack stems.{{cite book |last1=Wiggins |first1=Ira L. |last2=Porter |first2=Duncan M. |date=1971 |title=Flora of the Galápagos Islands |publisher=Stanford University Press |page=264 |isbn=9780804707329 }} Includes 22 species.