Snakeherb

Dyschoriste is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as snakeherb.^[2]

Etymology

The name comes from the Greek δυσ, poorly, and χωριστός, to split, in reference to the slightly lobed stigma.^[3]

Selected species

• Dyschoriste angusta (A.Gray) Small – Pineland snakeherb
• Dyschoriste crenulata Kobuski – Wavyleaf snakeherb
• Dyschoriste hondurensis Leonard
• Dyschoriste decumbens (A.Gray) Kuntze – Spreading snakeherb
• Dyschoriste hirsutissima (Nees) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb
• Dyschoriste humistrata (Michx.) Kuntze – Swamp snakeherb
• Dyschoriste jaliscensis Kobuski
• Dyschoriste linearis (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze – Narrowleaf snakeherb
• Dyschoriste oaxacensis Kobuski
• Dyschoriste oblongifolia (Michx.) Kuntze – Oblongleaf snakeherb^[2][4]
• Dyschoriste radicans
• Dyschoriste rubiginosa Rama. & Wash. (D. angustifolia)
• Dyschoriste xylopoda Kobuski

Dyschorite microphylla

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