Acanthus Family

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^[1]
• 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

• Asystasia gangetica in Hyderabad

• Barleria sp. in silva Talakona

• Fittonia verschaffeltii

• Hypoestes phyllostachya

• Justicia aurea

• Peristrophe speciosa

• Pseuderanthemum reticulatum

• Rostellularia sp. in silva Talakona

• Ruellia tuberosa in Hyderabad

• Thunbergia laurifolia

Notae

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.

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