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Aphelandra squarrosa (commonly but ambiguously called "zebra plant") is a plant species in the family Acanthaceae, which is native to Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil. This plant is often used as a house plant. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
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Aphelandra is a genus of over 200 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas. They are evergreen shrubs growing to 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) tall, with opposite, simple leaves 5–30 cm (2–12 in) long, often with white veins.
Zebra plant is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Alocasia zebrina, in the family Araceae; Aphelandra squarrosa, in the family Acanthaceae; Calathea zebrina, in the family Marantaceae; Haworthiopsis attenuata, in the family Asphodelaceae; Haworthiopsis fasciata, in the family Asphodelaceae
Acanthaceae (/ æ k æ n ˈ θ eɪ s iː ˌ aɪ,-s i ˌ i /) is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes.
Aphelandra sinclairiana [1] is a plant species commonly called coral aphelandra, orange shrimp plant, Panama queen [2] or Sinclair's aphelandra. [3] It is a shrub up to 3 m (10 feet) high, native to Central America, specifically Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. It is also cultivated in warm locations elsewhere, with pink, red, orange ...
Flowering occurs from December to May and the flowers are bright red to pink or orange. The fruit is a woody urn-shaped capsule 20–42 mm (0.8–1.7 in) long and 18–30 mm (0.7–1.2 in) wide with the valves enclosed in the fruit.
It is easily identifiable by the large, bright orange to red papery calyx covering over its fruit, which resembles paper lanterns.It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 40–60 cm (16–24 in) tall, with spirally arranged leaves 6–12 cm (2.4–4.7 in) long and 4–9 cm (1.6–3.5 in) broad.