Accession Data:
Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker
- Common Name: Polka Dot Plant
- Family: Acanthaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Madagascar
- USDA Zone: 9a-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201600132
- Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
- Provenance:
- Smith# 6514PA
- Accession Date: 07-22-2016
- Bench: 1108 - AFR:West Bench SC
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-26-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Lamiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Acanthaceae
- SubFamily: Acanthoideae
- Tribe: Justicieae
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Madagascar
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
- Hypoestes phyllostachy at WikiSpecies. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
data regenerated on Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:57:30 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
Images:
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Click on thumbnails to enlargeCurrent Accessions in the Acanthaceae
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Acantheae
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Barlerieae
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Justicieae
- Dicliptera sericea
- Ecbolium viride
- Fittonia albivenis
- Hypoestes phyllostachya
- Justicia brandegeeana "Yellow Queen"
- Justicia brandegeeana
- Justicia carnea
- Justicia cydoniifolia
- Odontonema callistachyum
- Odontonema schomburgkianum
- Pachystachys lutea
- Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum
- Ruttya fruticosa
- Streblacanthus amoenus
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Ruellieae
- Brillantaisia ulugurica
- Eranthemum pulchellum
- Hemigraphis alternata
- Ruellia affinis
- Ruellia makoyana
- Sanchezia speciosa
- Strobilanthes dyeriana
Subfamily Acanthoideae
Tribe Whitfieldieae
Subfamily Thunbergioideae
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days