7470.000 Angelonia Bonpl.

Staples, G.W. & Herbst, D.R. (2005) A Tropical Garden Flora; plants cultivated in the Hawaiian islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Description of the genus

Erect or prostrate herbs. Leaves whorled or opposite on the lower stem, alternate above, sessile, base often running down onto stem; margins often serrate, or entire. Inflorescence of terminal racemes of solitary flowers in axils of upper leaves. Calyx deeply 5-lobed; lobes subequal, lanceolate; corolla 2-lipped, with short, broad tube bearing 2 small pouches on the lower side. Fruit subglobose, dehiscent by 2 valves. Seeds often pitted.

Comment: In addition to Angelonia salicariifolia, Biegel (1977) lists Angelonia hybrid and Angelonia cv. 'Alba'. For the time being I have not created separate pages for these taxa.

Worldwide: 25 species native to tropical America, the majority in Brazil.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

No image yet

Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	Content
salicariifolia Bonpl.

Other sources of information about Angelonia:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Angelonia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Angelonia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Angelonia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Angelonia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Angelonia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Angelonia
JSTOR Plant Science: Angelonia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Angelonia
Plants of the World Online: Angelonia
Tropicos: Angelonia
Wikipedia: Angelonia