Acanthaceae
Cardinals guard
Pachystachys coccinea
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Pachystachys
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 红花厚穗爵床, 红金苞花, 绯红珊瑚花
- English
- Cardinals guard
Synonyms
- Dianthera coccinea (Aubl.) Salisb.
- Jacobinia coccinea (Aubl.) Hiern
- Jacobinia coccinea f. latior (Nees) Voss
- Justicia coccinea Aubl.
- Pachystachys latior Nees
- Thyrsacanthus coccineus (Aubl.) T.Anderson
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Cardoso Fialho, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Stephanie Tran, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dryas, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adrián Cerón, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.