Sanchezia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Starr 021122 0013 sanchezia speciosa.jpg

|image_caption = Sanchezia speciosa inflorescence

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Sanchezia

|authority = Ruiz & Pav.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 45, see text

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:897-1 Sanchezia Ruiz & Pav.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

|synonyms =

  • Ancylogyne {{small|Nees (1847)}}
  • Steirosanchezia {{small|Lindau (1904)}}

|synonyms_ref =

}}

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Sanchezia is a genus of the plant family Acanthaceae. It contains 45 species. Members of this genus are shrubs, rarely small trees or herbs, occurring in the lowlands of tropical South and Central America. A close relative is Suessenguthia, which looks quite similar.Leonard & Smith (1964)

Because they have large, colorful bracts and flowers, and sometimes even colorful leaves, several species are cultivated as ornamental plants throughout the tropics and in botanical gardens of temperate areas. Examples for species well known from cultivation are S. nobilis, S. parvibracteata and S. speciosa. In some areas, ornamental species have become problematic as invasive weeds. On the other hand, S. lampra from Ecuador is almost extinct.

Sanchezia is named for José Sánchez, a nineteenth-century professor of botany at Cádiz, Spain.Clay et al. (1987): p.242

Species

45 species are accepted.

References

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Bibliography

  • {{aut|Clay, Horace F.; Hubbard, James C. & Golt, Rick}} (1987): Tropical Shrubs. University of Hawaii Press. {{ISBN|0-8248-1128-3}}
  • {{aut|Leonard, E.C. & Smith, L.B.}} (1964): Sanchezia and related American Acanthaceae. Rhodora 66: 313-343.