Hypoestes phyllostachya: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Hypoestes
Species: Hypoestes phyllostachya
Scientific Name: Hypoestes phyllostachya

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Hypoestes phyllostachya

Hypoestes phyllostachya, the polka dot plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to South Africa, Madagascar, and south east Asia. The spots often merge into larger areas of colour.

The genus name Hypoestes comes from the Greek hypo, meaning "under", and estia meaning "a house"; this refers to the calyxes being covered by bracts. The Latin specific epithet phyllostachya means "with a leaf spike".

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Hypoestes phyllostachya in languages:

Chinese: 嫣紅蔓
Czech: podrostovka listoklasá
English: Polka Dot Plant
English: Baby's Tears
English: Flamingo Plant
English: Measles Plant
English: Polka-Dot-Plant
Hebrew: ברוד משובל
Hebrew: היפואסטס
Indonesian: Polkadot
Japanese: ニシキウロコマリ
Lithuanian: Margasis turklenis
Portuguese: Confete
Russian: Гипоэстес листоколосниковый
Swedish: rosenstänk

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Hypoestes

Hypoestes phyllostachya: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Hypoestes phyllostachya

Hypoestes phyllostachya in languages:

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Hypoestes phyllostachya: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Hypoestes phyllostachya

Hypoestes phyllostachya in languages:

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

Parent Taxon

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