Angiospermae - Lamiales - Acanthaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200
Parent taxon: Acanthaceae according to M. S. Chauhan 1991
See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Srivastava 1991
Sister taxa: Acanthaceoxylon, Adhatoda, Aphelandra, Asyslassa, Blepharis, Bravaisia, Chamaeranthemum, Dicliptera, Dipteracanthus, Eranthemum, Hygrophila, Hypoestes, Justicia, Lepidagathis, Peristrophe, Phlogacanthus, Pseuderanthemum, Pseudocalyx, Rostellularia, Rungia, Strobilanthes, Tessmanniacanthus, Vavara, Xerothamnella
Subtaxa: Acanthus ilicifolius Acanthus maderaspatensis Acanthus mollis Acanthus spinosus
Type: Acanthus mollis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (5 collections)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleogene of India (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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