''Rhinacanthus'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
s in the family
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae () is a Family (biology), family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are Tropics, tropical Herbaceous plant, herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epip ...
. It includes 26 species native to tropical Africa and Asia, ranging across
sub-Saharan Africa
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to
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, the
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,
Indochina
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, south-central China,
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, and the
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.
[''Rhinacanthus'' Nees]
''Plants of the World Online
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History
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''. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
Species
26 species are accepted.
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* '' Rhinacanthus angolensis''
* '' Rhinacanthus angulicaulis''
* '' Rhinacanthus beesianus''
* '' Rhinacanthus calcaratus''
* '' Rhinacanthus dichotomus''
* '' Rhinacanthus flavovirens''
* '' Rhinacanthus gracilis''
* '' Rhinacanthus grandiflorus''
* '' Rhinacanthus humilis''
* '' Rhinacanthus kaokoensis''
* '' Rhinacanthus mucronatus''
* '' Rhinacanthus nasutus''
* '' Rhinacanthus oblongus''
* '' Rhinacanthus obtusifolius''
* '' Rhinacanthus osmospermus''
* '' Rhinacanthus perrieri''
* '' Rhinacanthus polonnaruwensis''
* '' Rhinacanthus pulcher''
* '' Rhinacanthus rotundifolius''
* '']Rhinacanthus scoparius
''Rhinacanthus scoparius'' is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a subshrub native to northeastern Somalia and to Yemen's Socotra island. On Socotra it is widespread on the coastal plains and limestone plateaus, growing in severa ...
''
* '' Rhinacanthus selousensis''
* '' Rhinacanthus spiciformis''
* '' Rhinacanthus submontanus''
* '' Rhinacanthus virens''
* '' Rhinacanthus xerophilus''
* '' Rhinacanthus zambesiacus''
Formerly placed here
* '' Kenyacanthus ndorensis'' (as ''Rhinacanthus ndorensis'' )
References
Acanthaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Paleotropical flora
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
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