Dicliptera squarrosa Nees belongs to the Acanthaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Dicliptera
Specific Epithet
squarrosa
Authorship
Nees
3/9/2011
Location
Paraguay, Guaira
-25.738056, -56.177778
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Ybyturuzu, road to Granja Francisca; overgrown wet field just beginning to dry. 170 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Weak shrub 1.5 m tall, corolla bright red.