''Schaueria'' is a

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s in the

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Acanthaceae. They are

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, from

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Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

. They are characterized by small elongated white or yellow flowers and narrow to thread-like green or yellow

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s. They are found mainly in rain forests, semi-deciduous mountain forests, and

restinga Restingas () are a distinct type of coastal tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest in eastern Brazil. They form on sandy, acidic, and nutrient-poor soils, and are characterized by medium-sized trees and shrubs adapted to the drier and nut ...

s. They are pollinated by

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s and

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s. The genus was established by the German naturalist

Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (14 February 1776 – 16 March 1858) was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Goethe and was born within the lifetime of Linnaeus. He de ...

in 1838. It is considered

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and includes fourteen species: *'' Schaueria calycotricha'' (Link & Otto) Nees ::(

syn. The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...

''Schaueria flavicoma'') *'' Schaueria capitata'' Nees *'' Schaueria gonystachya'' (Nees & Mart.) Nees *'' Schaueria hirsuta'' Nees *'' Schaueria hirta'' A.L.A.Côrtes, T.F.Daniel, A.Rapin *'' Schaueria humuliflora'' Nees *'' Schaueria litoralis'' (Vell.) A.L.A.Côrtes ::(

''Schaueria lophura'') *'' Schaueria lachynostachya'' A.L.A.Cortes & A.C.Mota *'' Schaueria marginata'' Nees *'' Schaueria malifolia'' Nees *'' Schaueria paranaensis'' (Rizz.) A.L.A.Côrtes, T.F.Daniel, A.Rapini ::(

''Justicia paranaensis'') *'' Schaueria parviflora'' (Leonard) T.F.Daniel *'' Schaueria pyramidalis'' A.L.A.Côrtes, T.F.Daniel, A.Rapini *'' Schaueria thyrsiflora'' A.L.A.Côrtes, T.F.Daniel, A.Rapini

References

Acanthaceae Acanthaceae genera Endemic flora of Brazil Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck {{Acanthaceae-stub

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