Aphelandra aurantiaca var. nitens, native to the tropical Americas. As Aphelandra nitens, imported from Guayaquil by Veitch and Sons of Chelsea. Handcolored botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Worthington George Smith from Henry Honywood Dombrain's Floral Magazine, New Series, Volume 2, L. Reeve, London, 1873. Lithograph printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son.

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