Portion of a plant of Petalidium engoense showing an open flower along with several old inflorescences; the inflorescence axes usually persist and have become spiny with age.

#NewSpecies!
Petalidium engoense
A newly discovered #acanthaceae from #namibia!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/039F1D05-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/phy...
#Phytotaxa #PetalidiumEngoense

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #wildflowers #flowers #plants