taxonID	type	description	language	source
E71E283BFFBBFFB648E26C336B65F9F1.taxon	description	Annual, creeping, sprawling, prostrate, or decumbent herbs, 10 – 20 cm tall. Stems sub-terete, villous, often rooting at nodes. Petiole 0.2 – 3 (– 4) cm long, villous; lamina elliptic to ovate, 1.5 – 6 × 0.8 – 3 cm, base cuneate, margins entire, apex acute, both surfaces villous, secondary veins 3 – 7 on each side of midvein. Spikes 1 – 3 cm long; bracts elliptic, 6 – 7.5 × 3 – 4 mm, 5 – 7 - veined. Calyx 5 - lobed, abaxial lobe c. 2 × 0.6 mm, apex 2 - lobed, adaxial lobe c. 3 × 1 mm, lateral lobes c. 2 × 0.5 mm. Corolla bluish purple or white, externally glabrous; tube cylindric for ca. 1.5 mm, contracted near midpoint then expanded into throat; lower lip c. 2.3 mm long; upper lip c. 2 mm long. Stamens inserted at base of throat; filaments c. 0.5 mm long, glabrous. Ovary glabrous; ovules 4 – 8 per locule. Capsules c. 5 × 2 mm, 8 – 16 - seeded. Seeds broadly ellipsoid, granulate. Flowering & fruiting: Flowering from March to May and fruiting from July to August. Habitat: The species grows in the thicket at the elevation of about 200 m. Distribution: The species is widely distributed in the tropical regions of the world. In Peru, it is known from departments of Madre de Dios and Ucayali (Fig. 2). Specimens examined: PERU, Madre de Dios, Tahuamanu Province, Rio Tahumanu, forest floor herb 0.4 m, floodplain, 24.08.1995, P. Nuñez, J. Terborgh & M. Sanchez 17346 (USM); Tahuamanu Province, km 65 carretera Iberia-Iñapari, 18 May 1978, F. C. Encarnación 1139 (K). Ucayali, Purús Province, Purús District, Camino a la quebrada de Esperancilla, 190 m, 16.03.2002, J. Schunke Vigo & J. G. Graham 15081 (USM).	en	Y. F., Deng, Asuncion, C. (2023): Nelsonia canescens (Acanthaceae), a first species and genus record from Peru. Rheedea 33 (4): 376-381, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.04.08, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.04.08
