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Aphelandra squarrosa
About
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.
- Family
- Acanthaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Aphelandra squarrosa
- Slug
- aphelandra-squarrosa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Aphelandra
- Species
- squarrosa
- Wikidata QID
- Q3231986
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
Generated sections & citations
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