''Lepidagathis alopecuroidea'',
synonym
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are a ...
'' Teliostachya alopecuroidea'',
[ the ''pata de gallina'',] is a plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
with a wide distribution in the Americas (from southern Mexico to northern Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...
) and Africa (from west tropical Africa to east Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
and Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
).[
]
See also
* List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
This is a list of plants found in the wild in cerrado vegetation of Brazil.
Acanthaceae
* '' Anisacanthus'' '' trilobus'' Lindau
* '' Dianthera angustifolia'' (Nees) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
* '' Dicliptera'' '' mucronifolia'' Nees
* '' ...
References
External links
''Teliostachya alopecuroidea''
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Southern America
Flora of the Afrotropical realm
alopecuroidea
{{Acanthaceae-stub