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Acanthaceae

not marked as a favorite taxon Acanthaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Acanthus Family.

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A family of about 230 genera and about 3450 species, herbs, shrubs, vines, and trees, largely tropical.

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References: Long (1970); McDade & Moody (1999); Wasshausen (1998); Wunderlin & Hansen (2011). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Acanthaceae© Bruce A. Sorrie | Justicia americana | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Acanthaceae© Keith Bradley | Dicliptera | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Acanthaceae© Keith Bradley | Ruellia | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Acanthaceae© Alan Cressler: Yeatesia viridiflora, Rood Creek Park, Stewart County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler | Yeatesia viridiflora source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Acanthaceae© Keith Bradley | Thunbergia | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Acanthaceae© Keith Bradley | Barleria cristata | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Acanthaceae© Sam Kieschnick, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sam Kieschnick | Carlowrightia texana source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Acanthaceae© Siddarth Machado, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Siddarth Machado | Andrographis source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Acanthaceae© Scott Ward | Odontonema cuspidatum | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Acanthaceae© Keith Bradley | Avicennia germinans | Original Image ⭷

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