Acanthaceae
Cardinal's guard flower
Odontonema tubaeforme
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Odontonema
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Odontonema tubaeformeAcanthaceae
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 紅樓花, 红楼花, 红苞花, 红焰花
- English
- Cardinal's guard flower, Fire spike
- Japanese
- ベニツツバナ
- Spanish
- Camarón rojo
- Tongan
- Totoe
Synonyms
- Justicia tubaeformis Bertol.
- Odontonema amicorum V.M.Baum
- Odontonema flagellum (Oerst.) Kuntze
- Odontonema longifolium (Oerst.) Kuntze
- Odontonema pantasmense (Oerst.) Kuntze
- Odontonema strictum (Nees) Kuntze
- Thyrsacanthus flagellum Oerst.
- Thyrsacanthus longifolius Oerst.
- Thyrsacanthus pantasmensis Oerst.
- Thyrsacanthus strictus Nees
- Thyrsacanthus strictus f. evolutior Donn.Sm.
- Thyrsacanthus tubaeformis (Bertol.) Nees
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.