Cyrtandra cleopatrae

Cyrtandra cleopatrae is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae endemic to the Philippines.

It is a tropical shrub having recaulescent inflorescences composed of multiple purpled flowers that emerge on the plant stem from stubby shoots.

[3] It was first collected for science during a 1998[4] expedition sponsored by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,[3] from a location in Palawan called Cleopatra's Needle[4] (elev.

The taxon was first published in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany in 2001.

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