Stenandrium

Translingual thumb|Stenandrium dulce species Stenandrium dulce (sweet shaggytuft) Etymology mul shaggytuft :af grc:στενός<id:narrow> grc:ἀνήρ<alt:ἀνδρός><id:man> la:-ius<alt:-ium><id:suffix forming adjectives> 1 From mul-tax grc:στενός<t:narrow> grc:ἀνήρ<alt:ἀνδρός><t:man> la:-ius<alt:-ium>, referring to the narrow stamen of the plant's flowers. mul Q76349 1836. Proper noun 1 n genus family Acanthaceae shaggytufts or stenandriums, flowering herbaceous perennial plants of the Americas mul Gerardia<q:obsolete> mul 1980 Thomas H. Everett The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture Taylor & Francis 9780824072407 3226 Native to the warmer parts of the Americas, the thirty species of Stenandrium, of the acanthus family Acanthaceae, are little known to gardeners. Hypernyms genus ; Acantheae tribe tribe; Aphelandrinae subtribe subtribe Hyponyms genus Stenandrium mandioccanum species type species; Stenandrium barbatum species (early shaggytuft, bearded shaggytuft), Stenandrium dulce species (sweet shaggytuft), Stenandrium nanum species selected other species References 1 1 1 mul Acanthus family plants