aphelandra

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A genus containing about 60 species of the family Acanthaceæ, evergreen, tropical, American shrubs grown in hothouses for the fine foliage and showy 4-sided terminal spikes of red or yellow gaudy-bracted flowers. The species most common in trade are A. aurantiaca (including A. Ræzlii), A. squarrosa (chrysops), and A. Fascinator.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun Any of the tropical evergreen shrubs in the genus Aphelandra