Staurogyne elegans is a species of flowering plant native to Brazilian cerrado vegetation.[2][1] It is a subshrub or shrub native to Minas Gerais state.[1] This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

Staurogyne elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Staurogyne
Species:
S. elegans
Binomial name
Staurogyne elegans
(Nees) Kuntze (1891)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ebermaiera elegans Nees (1847)
  • Stiftia elegans Pohl ex Nees (1847)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Staurogyne elegans (Nees) Kuntze | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  2. ^ Braz, Denise Monte; Monteiro, Reinaldo [UNESP (2017-02-14). "Taxonomic Revision of Staurogyne (Nelsonioideae, Acanthaceae) in the Neotropics". Phytotaxa. 296: 1. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.296.1.1. hdl:11449/162460. ISSN 1179-3155.