Angiospermae - Lamiales - Acanthaceae
Parent taxon: Lamiales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Avicenniaceae, Bignoniaceae, Byblidaceae, Calceolariaceae, Carlemanniaceae, Cyclocheilaceae, Gesneriaceae, Lamiaceae, Lennoaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Linderniaceae, Martyniaceae, Mazaceae, Micranthemum, Oleaceae, Orobanchaceae, Paulowniaceae, Paulownioxylon, Pedaliaceae, Phrymaceae, Plantaginaceae, Plocospermataceae, Schlegeliaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Stilbaceae, Tetrachondraceae, Thomandersiaceae, Verbenaceae
Subtaxa: Acanthaceoxylon Acanthus Adhatoda Aphelandra Asyslassa Blepharis Bravaisia Chamaeranthemum Dicliptera Dipteracanthus Eranthemum Hygrophila Hypoestes Justicia Lepidagathis Peristrophe Phlogacanthus Pseuderanthemum Pseudocalyx Rostellularia Rungia Strobilanthes Tessmanniacanthus Vavara Xerothamnella
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), India (30), Tanzania (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)
• Miocene of Kenya (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleogene of India (1)
Total: 39 collections including 75 occurrences