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512.0000 Family Acanthaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 102 (1789) (´Acanthi´), nom. cons.
ca. 192 genera, ca. 5500 spp. Phylogeny: Manzitto-Tripp et al. 2022
Species listed in database: 5597
= Avicenniaceae Miq.; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1: 353 (1845), nom. cons.
= Justiciaceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 60 (1838)
= Mendonciaceae Bremek.; Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 56: 540 (1954)
= Meyeniaceae Sreem.; Phytologia 37: 412 (1977)
= Nelsoniaceae (Nees) Sreem.; Phytologia 37: 412 (1977)
= Thunbergiaceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 979 (1870)
512.5112 Genus Cryptacanthus I.Darbysh. & Kiel; Kew Bull. 80(3): 581 (2025)
Distribution: trop. Africa
Species listed in database: 6
species :
Cryptacanthus bakossii I.Darbysh.; Kew Bull. 80(3): 590 (2025)
Distribution: SW-Cameroon
23 CMN
species :
Cryptacanthus ebo I.Darbysh.; Kew Bull. 80(3): 593 (2025)
Distribution: W-Cameroon
23 CMN
species :
Cryptacanthus obovatus I.Darbysh.; Kew Bull. 80(3): 588 (2025)
Distribution: S-Cameroon
23 CMN
species :
Cryptacanthus obtusifolius (Heine) I.Darbysh. & Kiel; Kew Bull. 80(3): 584 (2025)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana
22 GHA IVO LBR
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhinacanthus obtusifolius (Heine) I.Darbysh.; Kew Bull. 61(3): 415 (2006)
= Rhinacanthus virens var. obtusifolius Heine; Kew Bull. 16: 180 (1962)
species :
Cryptacanthus tenuipes (S.Moore) I.Darbysh. & Kiel; Kew Bull. 80(3): 584 (2025)
Distribution: S-Nigeria; SW-Cameroon
22 NGA 23 CMN
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia tenuipes S.Moore; Cat. Pl. Oban [Rendle et al.] 82 (1913)
= Rhinacanthus tenuipes (S.Moore) Aké Assi; Encycl. Biol. 61: 172 (1964)
species :
Cryptacanthus virens (Nees) I.Darbysh. & Kiel; Kew Bull. 80(3): 582 (2025)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; NW-Tanzania; N-Angola; NW-Zambia
22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB PRI ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Leptostachya virens Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 378 (1847)
= Pseuderanthemum lindavianum De Wild. & T.Durand; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt.-Rend. 38: 104 (1899)
= Rhinacanthus dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 38(1. Compt. Rend.): 105 (1899)
= Rhinacanthus minimus S.Moore; J. Bot. 58: 47 (1920)
= Rhinacanthus parviflorus T.Anderson ex De Wild. & T.Durand; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 38(1. Compt. Rend.): 106 (1899)
= Rhinacanthus subcaudatus C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 5: 225 (1900)
= Rhinacanthus virens (Nees) Milne-Redh.; Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé [Exell] 37 (1956)
= Siphonoglossa rubra S.Moore; J. Bot. 44: 88 (1906)
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