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Line 4: \| display_parents = 3 \| genus = Megaskepasma \| parent_authority = [[Gustav Lindau\|Lindau]] (1897) \| species = erythrochlamys \| authority = [[Gustav Lindau\|Lindau]] (1897) \| synonyms = ''Perenideboles'' {{small\|Ram.Goyena (1911)}} ''Perenideboles ciliatum'' {{small\|Ram.Goyena (1911)}} \|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:155854-2 ''Megaskepasma erythrochlamys'' Lindau]. ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 5 February 2024.</ref> }} '''''Megaskepasma''''' is a monotypic genus of plants containing the single species '''''Megaskepasma erythrochlamys''''', known by the common name '''Brazilian red-cloak'''. Native to [[Venezuela]] and ~~elsewhere~~[[Suriname]],<ref inname ~~South~~= ~~America,~~powo/> it is a free branching, upright showy [[tropical shrub]] that grows to 3 m high with appressed reddish hairs, stout stems, and broad ovate 12–30 cm long dark green leaves with pink midrib. It is grown as an [[ornamental plant\|ornamental shrub]] in climates from warm temperate to tropical for its inflorescence, large erect heads of conspicuous crimson [[bract]]s, and two-lipped white flowers.{{dubious\|date=January 2020}} This plant prefers a rich soil and is propagated from seed or cuttings. ==References== Line 19 ⟶ 23: [[Category:Acanthaceae]] [[Category:Monotypic Acanthaceae genera]] ~~[[Category:Monotypic Lamiales genera]]~~ [[Category:Garden plants]] [[Category:Flora of ~~South America~~Suriname]] [[Category:Flora of Venezuela]] [[Category:Plants described in 1897]] [[Category:Taxa named by Gustav Lindau]]