Acanthaceae

Flores Odontonematis cuspidati

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Plantae — Angiospermae

Eudicotyledones 
Asteridae 
Ordo : Lamiales 
Familia : Acanthaceae 
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Subdivisiones: Genera

Vide commentarium.

Genus typicum

Acanthus L.

Acanthaceae sunt familia angiospermarum dicotyledonarum quae paene 250 genera et circa 2500 species comprehendit.

Plurimae sunt herbae, frutices, vel lianae circumplicantes tropicae; aliquae sunt epiphyta. Perpaucae in regionibus temperatis habitant. Quattuor praecipui distributionis loci sunt Indonesia et Malaesia, Africa, Brasilia, et Mesoamerica. Membra familiae in paene omni habitatione inveniuntur, praecipue in silvis confertis aut apertis, in scrublands^? (Anglice), in agris et vallibus humidis, in litoribus et aliis regionibus marinis, et in paludibus ut pars silvarum rhizophoracearum.

Genera selecta

Sunt 246 genera accepta, secundum Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Acanthopale C.B.Clarke Acanthopsis Harv. Acanthostelma Bidgood & Brummitt Acanthura Lindau Acanthus L. Achyrocalyx Benoist Aechmanthera Adhatoda Mill. (aliquando in Justicia posita) Afrofittonia Lindau Ambongia Benoist Ancistranthus Lindau Ancistrostylis T.Yamaz. Andrographis Wall. ex Nees Angkalanthus Balf.f. Anisacanthus Nees Anisosepalum E.Hossain Anisostachya Nees (aliquando in Justicia posita) Anisotes Nees Anomacanthus R.D.Good Apassalus Kobuski Aphanosperma T.F.Daniel Aphelandra R.Br. Aphelandrella Mildbr. Ascotheca Heine Asystasia Blume Asystasiella Lindau Avicennia Ballochia Balf.f. Barleria L. Barleriola Oerst. Benoicanthus Heine & A.Raynal Blechum P. Browne Blepharis Juss. Borneacanthus Bremek. Boutonia DC. Brachystephanus Nees Bravaisia DC. Brillantaisia P.Beauv. Calacanthus T.Anderson ex Benth. & Hook.f. Calophanoides (C.B.Clarke) Ridl. (aliquando in Justicia posita) Calycacanthus K. Schum. Camarotea Scott-Elliot Carlowrightia A.Gray (Wrightwort) Celerina Benoist Cephalacanthus Lindau Chaetacanthus Nees Chalarothyrsus Lindau Chamaeranthemum Nees Championella Bremek. Chileranthemum Oerst. Chlamydacanthus Lindau (aliquando in Theileamea posita) Chlamydocardia Lindau Chlamydostachya Mildbr. Chroesthes Benoist Clinacanthus Nees Clistax Mart. Codonacanthus Nees Conocalyx Benoist Corymbostachys Lindau Cosmianthemum Bremek. Crabbea Harv. Crossandra Salisb. Crossandrella C.B.Clarke Cyclacanthus S.Moore Cylindrosolenium Lindau Cyphacanthus Leonard Dactylostegium Nees (aliquando in Dicliptera posita) Danguya Benoist Dasytropis Urb. Dichazothece Lindau Dicladanthera F. Muell. Dicliptera Juss. (Foldwing) Didyplosandra Wight ex Bremek. Dipteracanthus Nees (aliquando in Ruellia posita) Dischistocalyx T.Anderson ex Benth. & Hook.f. Dolichostachys Benoist Drejera Nees Drejerella Lindau (aliquando in Justicia posita) Duosperma Dayton Dyschoriste Nees Ecbolium Kurz Echinacanthus Nees Elytraria Michx. Encephalosphaera Lindau Epiclastopelma Lindau Eranthemum L. Eremomastax Lindau Eusiphon Benoist (saepe in Ruellia posita) Filetia Miq. Fittonia Coem. Forcipella Baill. Forsythiopsis Baker (aliquando in Oplonia posita) Geissomeria Lindl. Glossochilus Nees Golaea Chiov. Graphandra J.B.Imlay Graptophyllum Nees Gymnophragma Lindau Gymnostachyum Nees Gynocraterium Bremek. Gypsacanthus E.J.Lott et al. Haplanthodes Kuntze Harpochilus Nees Hemiadelphis Nees Hemigraphis Nees (aliquando in Strobilantha posita) Henrya Nees Herpetacanthus Nees Heteradelphia Lindau Holographis Nees Hoverdenia Nees Hulemacanthus S.Moore Hygrophila R.Br. Hypoestes (Periestes non exclusa) Ionacanthus Benoist Isoglossa Oerst. Isotheca Turrill Jadunia Lindau Juruasia Lindau Justicia L. Kalbreyeriella Lindau Kosmosiphon Lindau Kudoacanthus Hosok. Lankesteria Lindl.

Lasiocladus Bojer ex Nees Leandriella Benoist Lepidagathis Willd. Leptostachya Nees Liberatia Rizzini (aliquando in Lophostachyte posita) Linariantha B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. Lophostachys Pohl Louteridium S.Watson Lychniothyrsus Lindau Marcania J.B.Imlay Megalochlamys Lindau Megalostoma Leonard Megaskepasma Lindau Melittacanthus S.Moore Mellera S. Moore Mendoncia Vand. Metarungia Baden Mexacanthus T.F.Daniel Meyenia Nees Mimulopsis Schweinf. Mirandea Rzed. Monechma Hochst. (aliquando in Justicia posita) Monothecium Hochst. Morsacanthus Rizzini Nelsonia R.Br. Neohallia Hemsl. Neriacanthus Benth. Neuracanthus Nees Odontonema Nees Ophiorrhiziphyllon Kurz Oplonia Raf. Oreacanthus Benth. Orophochilus Lindau Pachystachys Nees Pelecostemon Leonard Pentstemonacanthus Nees Perenideboles Ram. Pericalypta Benoist Peristrophe Nees Petalidium Nees Phaulopsis Willd. Phialacanthus Benth. Phidiasia Urb. Phlogacanthus Nees Physacanthus Benth. Podorungia Baill. Poikilacanthus Lindau Polylychnis Bremek. (saepe in Ruellia posita) Populina Baill. Pranceacanthus Wassh. Pseuderanthemum Radlk. Pseudocalyx Radlk. Pseudodicliptera Benoist Pseudoruellia Benoist Psilanthele Lindau Ptyssiglottis T.Anderson Pulchranthus V.M.Baum et al. Pupilla Rizzini (aliquando in Justicia posita) Razisea Oerst. Rhinacanthus Nees Rhombochlamys Lindau Ritonia Benoist Rostellularia Rchb. (aliquando in Justicia posita) Ruellia L. Ruelliopsis C.B.Clarke Rungia Nees Ruspolia Lindau Ruttya Harv. Saintpauliopsis Staner (aliquando in Staurogyne posita) Salpinctium T.J.Edwards Salpixantha Hook. Samuelssonia Urb. & Ekman Sanchezia Ruiz & Pav. Santapaua N.P.Balakr. & Subr. (aliquando in Hygrophila posita) Sapphoa Urb. Satanocrater Schweinf. Sautiera Decne. Schaueria Nees Schwabea Endl. & Fenzl Sclerochiton Harv. Sebastiano-schaueria Nees Sericospora Nees Siphonoglossa Oerst. Spathacanthus Baill. Sphacanthus Benoist Sphinctacanthus Benth. Spirostigma Nees Standleyacanthus Leonard Staurogyne Wall. Steirosanchezia Lindau Stenandriopsis S. Moore Stenandrium Nees Stenostephanus Nees Streblacanthus Kuntze Streptosiphon Mildbr. Strobilanthes Blume Strobilanthopsis S.Moore Styasasia S.Moore Suessenguthia Merxm. Synchoriste Baill. Taeniandra Bremek. Tarphochlamys Bremek. Teliostachya Nees Tessmanniacanthus Mildbr. Tetramerium Nees Theileamea Baill. Thomandersia Baill. (etiam intra suam familiam Thomandersiaceas, a Wortley et al. 2007 posita Thunbergia Retz. Thysanostigma J.B.Imlay Tremacanthus S.Moore Triaenanthus Nees Trichanthera Kunth Trichaulax Vollesen Trichocalyx Balf.f. Trichosanchezia Mildbr. Ulleria Bremek. (saepe in Ruellia posita) Vavara Benoist Vindasia Benoist Warpuria Stapf Whitfieldia Hook. Xantheranthemum Lindau Xerothamnella C.T.White Yeatesia Small Zygoruellia Baill.

Pinacotheca

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  Asystasia gangetica in Hyderabad

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  Barleria sp. in silva Talakona

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  Fittonia verschaffeltii

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  Hypoestes phyllostachya

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  Justicia aurea

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  Peristrophe speciosa

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  Pseuderanthemum reticulatum

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  Rostellularia sp. in silva Talakona

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  Ruellia tuberosa in Hyderabad

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  Thunbergia laurifolia

Bibliogr9aphia

• Schwarzbach, Andrea E., et Lucinda A. McDade. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships of the mangrove family Avicenniaceae based on chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences. Systematic Botany 27:84–98.
• Watson, L., et M. J. Dallwitz. 1992+. The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.

Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Acanthaceas spectant.

Vide Acanthaceae apud Vicispecies.

• Acanthaceae in

• Acanthaceae, tolweb.org (Arbor Vitae)
• Familia Acanthaceae, www.flowersinisrael.com (Flores in Israel)

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