Chlamydocardia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1]
Chlamydocardia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Genus: | Chlamydocardia Lindau |
Synonyms[1] | |
Linocalix Lindau (1913) |
Its native range is western tropical Africa to Uganda.[1]
The genus name of Chlamydocardia is from the Greek word chlamydos meaning cloak or short mantle and also from the Greek kardia meaning heart.[2]
Species:[1]