Family Acanthaceae

The family Acanthaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species.

Genera in the family Acanthaceae of plants

 

Acanthopale - Acanthopale is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Afrofittonia - Afrofittonia is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Angkalanthus - Angkalanthus is a genus of plant in the Acanthaceae family.

 

Anisotes - Anisotes is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Aphelandra - Aphelandra is a genus of about 170 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.

 

 

Ballochia - Ballochia is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Barleria - Some species include:

 

Blepharis - Blepharis is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Brachystephanus - Brachystephanus is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Brillantaisia - Brillantaisia is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Carlowrightia - Cardiacanthus Nees & S. Croftia Small

 

 

 

 

Dicliptera - Brochosiphon Nees Dactylostegium Nees

 

Dyschoriste - Calophanes D. Phillipsia Rolfe

 

 

Eranthemum - Eranthemum pulchellum is a strongly branched shrub, popular with gardeners in tropical India and China because of the spikes of flowers that are bright gentian blue - an unusual color in the tropics.

 

Graptophyllum - Graptophyllum is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae.

 

Gymnostachyum - Gymnostachyum is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Hygrophila - Hygrophila may refer to:

 

Hypoestes - Hypoestes is a flowering plant genus with many dozens of species.

 

Isoglossa - Chingiacanthus Hand. Ecteinanthus T. Leda C. Plagiotheca Chiov. Rhytiglossa Nees Schliebenia Mildbr.

 

Justicia - Justicia is a genus of flowering plants in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae.

 

Kudoacanthus - Kudoacanthus is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Monechma - Monechma acutum C.

 

Neriacanthus - Neriacanthus is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Neuracanthus - Neuracanthus is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Odontonema - Diateinacanthus Lindau Thyrsacanthus Nees

 

 

Psilanthele - Psilanthele is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Rhinacanthus - Rhinacanthus is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Ruellia - Many, see text

 

Sanchezia - Sanchezia is a genus of the plant family Acanthaceae.

 

Sclerochiton - Sclerochiton is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Spathacanthus - Spathacanthus is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Staurogyne - Staurogyne is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae.

 

Stenandrium - Gerardia L.

 

Stenostephanus - Hansteinia Oerst.

 

Trichocalyx - Trichocalyx is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae.

 

Whitfieldia - Whitfieldia is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae with about 10 species in tropical Africa.