Acanthaceae

Ing familiang Acanthaceae metung yang taxon da reng tanaman a maniampaga a maki alus 250 genera ampong manga 2500 species. 

Keraklan kareti, dikut la kareng mangapaling lugal (tropical herbs), palungpung (shrubs), o tanaman a kukulate (vines); epiphytes la reng aliwa. Ditak la mu deng species a mayayakit kareng mangarimlang (temperate) a lugal. Apat la reng sentrung panibatan da reti: Indonesia ampong Malaysia, Africa, Brasil ampong Kalibudtang America (Central America). Ating miembru ning familiang iti king alus balang uri ning kapaligiran, kayabe la reng kakeuan, gubat o pulu, makapal man o ali, kareng labuad da reng puliung dutung ampong tanaman (scrubland), kareng mabasang marangle ampong kapatagan o lambak (valleys), king bebe dayatmalat, king mismung dayatmalat, kareng pinak (swamps), ampo kareng kakeuan a bakauan (mangrove).   

Deng tanaman king familiang iti maki bulung lang simpli, misusumangid (opposite), decussate, at maki gilid a entire (o kaya sometimes toothed, lobed, or spiny). Maliari lang mika cystolith deng bulung, o maliaring atin lang lulual a calcium carbonate, a lalto antimong gulis king babo ning bulung. Den namang sampaga, maliari lang ganap (perfect), zygomorphic o alus actinomorphic, at makasamasan lang antimong spike, raceme, o cyme. Keraklan, ating makuleng bract king lalam ning sampaga, at kareng mapilang species, maragul ya ampong kapansin-pansin ing bract. Maki apat ya anggang limang lobe ing calyx; ing corolla mala-tubo (tubular) ya, at 2-lipped or 5-lobed; deng stamen, adua la o apat, at paris-paris la pangasamasan at makasulut king corolla. Ing ovary superior ya, 2-carpellate, at maki axile placentation. Ing bunga, capsule yang maki aduang espasiu (two-celled), at balamu mamakbung ya potang mibubusni. Kareng keraklan kareng species, makatuglung la reng bini o butul king malating tangkeng maki kalait (metung a miyalilan bagiang funiculus a ausan dang jaculator) a magpalual karela king lulanan o capsule.   

Ing Acanthus mollis or Bear's breeches, metung yang uri o species a pikabaluan kareng mananaman kareng mangarimlang lugal. Metung yang maladikut (herbaceous) a tanaman a perennial a maki mangaragul a bulung ampong flower spike a maki tas a miraras aduang metru. Kayabe no man kareng genus kareng mangapaling lugal a kilala da reng mananaman deng Thunbergia ampong Justicia.

Ing Avicennia, metung yang genus da reng dutung a bakauan, a keraklan bibili da king Verbenaceae o king sarili nang familia, ing  Avicenniaceae. Yabe ne ning Angiosperm Phylogeny Group king Acanthaceae uling kareng pamagaral a molecular phylogenetic a magpatuneng maki kaugnayan ya king familiang iti.

 Deng mepiling genus 
Ating 246 a matatanggap a genus agpang king  Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
 Acanthopale C.B.Clarke 
 Acanthopsis Harv. 
 Acanthostelma Bidgood & Brummitt 
 Acanthura Lindau 
 Acanthus L. (Bear's Breech)
 Achyrocalyx Benoist 
 Aechmanthera
 Adhatoda Mill. (sometimes included in Justicia)
 Afrofittonia Lindau 
 Ambongia Benoist 
 Ancistranthus Lindau (Desert Honeysuckle)
 Ancistrostylis T.Yamaz. 
 Andrographis Wall. ex Nees (False Waterwillow)
 Angkalanthus Balf.f. 
 Anisacanthus Nees 
 Anisosepalum E.Hossain 
 Anisostachya Nees (sometimes included in Justicia)
 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. (Bush violets)
 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. (sometimes included in Justicia)
 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 (sometimes included in Theileamea)
 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 (sometimes included in Dicliptera)
 Danguya Benoist 
 Dasytropis Urb. 
 Dichazothece Lindau 
 Dicladanthera F. Muell. 
 Dicliptera Juss. (Foldwing)
 Didyplosandra Wight ex Bremek. 
 Dipteracanthus Nees (sometimes included in Ruellia)
 Dischistocalyx T.Anderson ex Benth. & Hook.f. 
 Dolichostachys Benoist 
 Drejera Nees 
 Drejerella Lindau (sometimes included in Justicia)
 Duosperma Dayton 
 Dyschoriste Nees (Snakeherb)
 Ecbolium Kurz 
 Echinacanthus Nees 
 Elytraria Michx. (Scalystem)
 Encephalosphaera Lindau 
 Epiclastopelma Lindau 
 Eranthemum L. 
 Eremomastax Lindau 
 Eusiphon Benoist (often included in Ruellia)
 Filetia Miq. 
 Fittonia Coem. 
 Forcipella Baill. 
 Forsythiopsis Baker (sometimes included in Oplonia)
 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 (sometimes included in Strobilanthes)
 Henrya Nees 
 Herpetacanthus Nees 
 Heteradelphia Lindau 
 Holographis Nees 
 Hoverdenia Nees 
 Hulemacanthus S.Moore 
 Hygrophila R.Br. (Swampweed)
 Hypoestes Sol. ex R.Br. 
 Ionacanthus Benoist 
 Isoglossa Oerst. 
 Isotheca Turrill 
 Jadunia Lindau 
 Juruasia Lindau 
 Justicia L. (Justica, Water-willow, Shrimp plant)
 Kalbreyeriella Lindau 
 Kosmosiphon Lindau 
 Kudoacanthus Hosok. 
 Lankesteria Lindl. 
 Lasiocladus Bojer ex Nees 
 Leandriella Benoist  Lepidagathis Willd. 
 Leptostachya Nees 
 Liberatia Rizzini (sometimes included in Lophostachys)
 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. (sometimes included in Justicia)
 Monothecium Hochst. 
 Morsacanthus Rizzini 
 Nelsonia R.Br. 
 Neohallia Hemsl. 
 Neriacanthus Benth. 
 Neuracanthus Nees 
 Odontonema Nees (Toothedthread)
 Ophiorrhiziphyllon Kurz 
 Oplonia Raf. 
 Oreacanthus Benth. 
 Orophochilus Lindau 
 Pachystachys Nees 
 Pelecostemon Leonard 
 Pentstemonacanthus Nees 
 Perenideboles Ram. (Goyena)
 Pericalypta Benoist 
 Periestes Baill. 
 Peristrophe Nees 
 Petalidium Nees 
 Phaulopsis Willd. 
 Phialacanthus Benth. 
 Phidiasia Urb. 
 Phlogacanthus Nees 
 Physacanthus Benth. 
 Podorungia Baill. 
 Poikilacanthus Lindau 
 Polylychnis Bremek. (often included in Ruellia)
 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 (sometimes included in Justicia)
 Razisea Oerst.
 Rhinacanthus Nees 
 Rhombochlamys Lindau 
 Ritonia Benoist 
 Rostellularia Rchb. (sometimes included in Justicia)
 Ruellia L. (Wild Petunia)
 Ruelliopsis C.B.Clarke
 Rungia Nees
 Ruspolia Lindau
 Ruttya Harv. 
 Saintpauliopsis Staner (sometimes included in Staurogyne)
 Salpinctium T.J.Edwards 
 Salpixantha Hook. 
 Samuelssonia Urb. & Ekman 
 Sanchezia Ruiz & Pav. 
 Santapaua N.P.Balakr. & Subr. (sometimes included in Hygrophila)
 Sapphoa Urb. 
 Satanocrater Schweinf. 
 Sautiera Decne. 
 Schaueria Nees 
 Schwabea Endl. & Fenzl 
 Sclerochiton Harv. 
 Sebastiano-schaueria Nees 
 Sericospora Nees 
 Siphonoglossa Oerst. (Tubetongue)
 Spathacanthus Baill. 
 Sphacanthus Benoist 
 Sphinctacanthus Benth. 
 Spirostigma Nees 
 Standleyacanthus Leonard 
 Staurogyne Wall. 
 Steirosanchezia Lindau 
 Stenandriopsis S. Moore 
 Stenandrium Nees (Shaggytuft)
 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. also placed within its own family Thomandersiaceae by Wortley et al. 2007  
 Thunbergia Retz. 
 Thysanostigma J.B.Imlay 
 Tremacanthus S. Moore 
 Triaenanthus Nees 
 Trichanthera Kunth 
 Trichaulax Vollesen 
 Trichocalyx Balf.f. 
 Trichosanchezia Mildbr. 
 Ulleria Bremek. (often included in Ruellia)
 Vavara Benoist 
 Vindasia Benoist 
 Warpuria Stapf 
 Whitfieldia Hook. 
 Xantheranthemum Lindau 
 Xerothamnella C.T.White 
 Yeatesia Small (Bractspike)
 Zygoruellia Baill.

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 Suglung palual 
 Acanthaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. 
 Tree of Life Acanthaceae 

Category:Acanthaceae
Category:Lamiales families