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The family of the Acanthacées is a family of plants Dicotylédone S which includes/understands: 2400 Species S divided into nearly 250 kind S:

Acanthopale, Acanthopsis, Acanthostelma, Acanthura, Acanthus, Achyrocalyx, Adhatoda, Afrofittonia, Ambongia, Ancistranthus, Ancistrostylis, Andrographis, Angkalanthus, Anisacanthus, Anisosepalum, Anisostachya, Anisotes, Apassalus, Aphanosperma, Aphelandra, Aphelandrella, Ascotheca, Asystasia, Asystasiella, Ballochia, Barleria, Barleriola, Beloperone, Benoicanthus, Blechum, Blepharis, Borneacanthus, Boutonia, Brachystephanus, Bravaisia, Brillantaisia, Buceragenia, Calacanthus, Calophanoides, Calycacanthus, Camarotea, Carlowrightia, Celerina, Cephalacanthus, Chaetacanthus, Chalarothyrsus, Chameranthemum, Championella, Chileranthemum, Chlamydocardia, Chlamydostachya, Chroesthes, Clinacanthus, Clistax, Codonacanthus, Conocalyx, Corymbostachys, Cosmianthemum, Crabbea, Crossandra, Crossandrella, Cyclacanthus, Cylindrosolenium, Cyphacanthus, Dactylostegium, Danguya, Dasytropis, Dichazothece, Dicladanthera, Dicliptera, Didyplosandra, Dipteracanthus, Dischistocalyx, Dolichostachys, Drejera, Drejerella, Duosperma, Dyschoriste, Ecbolium, Echinacanthus, Encephalosphaera, Epiclastopelma, Eranthemum, Eremomastax, Eusiphon, Filetia, Fittonia, Forcipella, Forsythiopsis, Gastranthus, Geissomeria, Glossocheilus, Golaea, Graphandra, Graptophyllum, Gymnophragma, Gymnostachyum, Gynocraterium, Gypsacanthus, Habracanthus, Hansteinia, Haplanthodes, Harpochilus, Hemigraphis, Henrya, Herpetacanthus, Heteradelphia, Holographis, Hoverdenia, Hulemacanthus, Hygrophila, Hypoestes, Ichthyostoma, Indoneesiella, Ionacanthus, Isoglossa, Isotheca, Jadunia, Juruasia, Justicia, Kalbreyeracanthus, Kalbreyeriella, Kosmosiphon, Kudoacanthus, Lankesteria, Lasiocladus, Leandriella, Lepidagathis, Leptostachya, Liberatia, Linariantha, Lindauea, Lophostachys, Louteridium, Lychniothyrsus, Mackaya, Marcania, Megalochlamys, Megalostoma, Megaskepasma, Melittacanthus, Will mix, Metarungia, Mexacanthus, Mimulopsis, Mirandea, Monothecium, Morsacanthus, Neohallia, Neriacanthus, Neuracanthus, Odontonema, Odontonemella, Ophiorrhiziphyllon, Oplonia, Oreacanthus, Orophochilus, Pachystachys, Pelecostemon, Pentstemonacanthus, Perenideboles, Pericalypta, Periestes, Peristrophe, Petalidium, Phaulopsis, Phialacanthus, Phidiasia, Phlogacanthus, Physacanthus, Podorungia, Poikilacanthus, Polylychnis, Pranceacanthus, Pseuderanthemum, Pseudodicliptera, Pseudoruellia, Psilanthele, Ptyssiglottis, Pulchranthus, Pupilla, Razisea, Rhinacanthus, Rhombochlamys, Ritonia, Rostellularia, Ruellia, Ruelliopsis, Rungia, Ruspolia, Ruttya, Salpinctium, Salpixantha, Samuelssonia, Sanchezia, Santapaua, Sapphoa, Satanocrater, Sautiera, Schaueria, Schwabea, Sciaphyllum, Sclerochiton, Sebastiano-schaueria, Siphonoglossa, Spathacanthus, Sphacanthus, Sphinctacanthus, Spirostigma, Standleyacanthus, Steirosanchezia, Stenandriopsis, Stenandrium, Stenostephanus, Streblacanthus, Streptosiphon, Strobilanthes, Strobilanthopsis, Styasasia, Suessenguthia, Synchoriste, Taeniandra, Tarphochlamys, Teliostachya, Tessmanniacanthus, Tetramerium, Theileamea, Thomandersia, Thunbergia, Thyanostigma, Tremacanthus, Triaenanthus, Trichanthera, Trichocalyx, Ulleria, Vavara, Vindasia, Warpuria, Xantheranthemum, Xerothamnella, Yeatesia, Zygoruellia .

They are herbaceous plants, shrubs or seldom of the trees. These plants, sometimes climbing or épiphytes, are widespread in the areas moderated with tropical. One meets them mainly in India, Malaysia, Africa, Brésil and Central America.

One can quote:

the kind Acanthus with the Acanthus with soft sheets ( Acanthus weakened ), Mediterranean plant whose sheets are very cut out. In architecture, their form inspired the reason for the Corinthian capital.
the kind Thunbergia with Thunbergia erecta .

Are located in this family the 2 kinds, Anomacanthus and Mendoncia , of lianas of the tropical areas (America, Africa and Madagascar) which constituted Mendonciacées previously.

The phylogenetic classification place this family in the order of the Lamiales him even in the group of Euasterids I.

According to Angiosperm Phylogeny Website by adding the various kinds of the family of Nelsoniacées this family counts in fact 3500 species in 229 kinds. The revision of 2003 adds there the kind Avicennia which trained before with him only the family of the Avicenniaceae.

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