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Acanthaceae of Thailand.jpg

Acanthaceae Juss.

Acanthus Family

Plants > Angiosperms > Acanthaceae
​Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Class: Dicots
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae

​Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in temperate regions. The four main centres of distribution are Indonesia and Malaysia, Africa, Brazil, and Central America. Representatives of the family can be found in nearly every habitat, including dense or open forests, scrublands, wet fields and valleys, sea coast and marine areas, swamps, and mangrove forests. Wikipedia

Genera: Acanthus, Andrographis, Asystasia, Asystasiella, Barleria, Chroesthes, Cystacanthus, Dicliptera, Eranthemum, Hypoestes, Justicia, Lepidagathis, Megaskepasma, Nelsonia, Pachystachys, Peristrophe, Phlogacanthus, Pseuderanthemum, Ruellia, Strobilanthes, Thunbergia
Acanthus montanus.jpg
Acanthus montanus
Andrographis laxiflora.jpg
Andrographis laxiflora
Andrographis paniculata.jpg
Andrographis paniculata
Asystasia chelonoides.jpg
Asystasia chelonoides
Asystasia gangetica.jpg
Asystasia gangetica
Asystasia salicifolia.jpg
Asystasia salicifolia
Asystasiella neesiana.jpg
Asystasiella neesiana
Barleria cristata.jpg
Barleria cristata
Barleria lupulina.jpg
Barleria lupulina
Barleria siamensis.jpg
Barleria siamensis
Barleria strigosa.jpg
Barleria strigosa
Chroesthes bracteata.jpg
Chroesthes bracteata
Cystacanthus vitellinus.jpg
Cystacanthus vitellinus
Dicliptera sp 01.jpg
Dicliptera sp. 01
Dicliptera sp 02.jpg
Dicliptera sp. 02
Eranthemum roseum.jpg
Eranthemum roseum
Eranthemum tetragonum.jpg
Eranthemum tetragonum
Hypoestes phyllostachya.jpg
Hypoestes phyllostachya
Justicia gendarussa.jpg
Justicia gendarussa
Justicia procumbens.jpg
Justicia procumbens
Justicia quadrifaria.jpg
Justicia quadrifaria
Lepidagathis incurva.jpg
Lepidagathis incurva
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys.jpg
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
Nelsonia canescens.jpg
Nelsonia canescens
Pachystachys lutea.jpg
Pachystachys lutea
Peristrophe Lanceolaria.jpg
Peristrophe Lanceolaria
Phlogacanthus curviflorus.jpg
Phlogacanthus curviflorus
Phlogacanthus pulcherrimus.jpg
Phlogacanthus pulcherrimus
Pseuderanthemum andersonii.jpg
Pseuderanthemum andersonii
Pseuderanthemum carruthersii.jpg
Pseuderanthemum carruthersii
Pseuderanthemum crenulatum.jpg
Pseuderanthemum crenulatum
Ruellia prostrata.jpg
Ruellia prostrata
Ruellia repens.jpg
Ruellia repens
Ruellia siamensis.jpg
Ruellia siamensis
Ruellia squarrosa.jpg
Ruellia squarrosa
Ruellia tuberosa.jpg
Ruellia tuberosa
Strobilanthes dimorphotricha subsp rex.jpg
Strobilanthes dimorphotricha subsp rex
Strobilanthes sp 01.jpg
Strobilanthes sp. 01
Strobilanthes sp 02.jpg
Strobilanthes sp. 02
Strobilanthes sp 03.jpg
Strobilanthes sp. 03
Thunbergia alata.jpg
Thunbergia alata
Thunbergia erecta.jpg
Thunbergia erecta
Thunbergia fragrans.jpg
Thunbergia fragrans
Thunbergia grandiflora.jpg
Thunbergia grandiflora
Thunbergia hossei.jpg
Thunbergia hossei
Thunbergia laurifolia.jpg
Thunbergia laurifolia
Thunbergia similis.jpg
Thunbergia similis

References: 
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Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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