Accession Data:
Brillantaisia ulugurica Lindau
- Common Name: Giant Salvia
- Family: Acanthaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: eastern tropical Africa - Tanzania, Uganda, Congo
- Habitat: Understorey and margins of evergreen forest
- USDA Zone: 10a-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201500035
- Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
- Provenance: Rcvd cuttings as Brillantaisa sublugurica which plantlist lists as a synonym of B. ulugurica.
- Accession Date: 05-29-2015
- Bench: 1112 - AFR: Cola
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 3 confirmed on 02-26-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Lamiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Acanthaceae
- SubFamily: Acanthoideae
- Tribe: Ruellieae
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 29 May 2015.
- Brillantaisia ulugurica at Royal College of Physicians. Accessed 29 May 2015.
data regenerated on Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:57:29 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days