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Acanthaceae
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Acanthaceae

Family of dicotyledonous plants, mostly tropical herbs and shrubs with tubular, bilaterally symmetrical flowers which are often in racemes or clustered in leaf axils, and are showy and sometimes enclosed in colourful modified leaves (bracteoles). The fruits are capsules, often discharging the seeds explosively. The best-known genus is Acanthus.

Other genera include Aphelandra, Beloperone (shrimp plant), Dianthera, Fittonia, Hygrophila, Jacobinia, Odontonema, Ruellia, Schaueria, Thunbergia, and Whitfieldia.
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Airy Shaw (1985) agreed with the separation of this family, stating that it was erroneously included in the Rubiaceae because it possessed stipules and that its closest relatives are the Bignoniaceae, Pedaliaceae, and Thunbergiaceae (this latter usually included in the Acanthaceae).
A consensus classification for the order Gentianales with additional ... by Nicholas, A.; Baijnath, H. / The Botanical Review
 
 
 
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