Acanthaceae

Genera 204 Accepted species 5,597 Documented here 558 Coverage 10%

We document 558 of the 5,597 accepted species in Acanthaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 84 of 204

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Justicia 65 973
Ruellia 59 381
Barleria 47 311
Dicliptera 33 243
Strobilanthes 33 466
Lepidagathis 18 154
Blepharis 16 128
Dyschoriste 16 101
Thunbergia 16 151
Aphelandra 15 210
Asystasia 12 61
Dianthera 11 40
Hypoestes 11 141
Acanthus 10 30
Hygrophila 10 79
Pogonospermum 10 34
Pseuderanthemum 10 130
Isoglossa 8 81
Acanthopsis 7 20
Andrographis 7 25
Carlowrightia 7 27
Crossandra 7 54
Avicennia 5 8
Petalidium 5 45
Rungia 5 88
Anisacanthus 4 11
Brillantaisia 4 14
Brunoniella 4 6
Crabbea 4 13
Elytraria 4 23
Gymnostachyum 4 51
Odontonema 4 32
Pachystachys 4 18
Rhinacanthus 4 24
Sanchezia 4 45
Stenandrium 4 50
Stenostephanus 4 95
Anisotes 3 29
Eranthemum 3 24
Graptophyllum 3 16
Poikilacanthus 3 13
Bravaisia 2 3
Ecbolium 2 22
Haplanthodes 2 4
Louteridium 2 11
Mackaya 2 5
Phaulopsis 2 23
Phlogacanthus 2 43
Rostellularia 2 21
Ruttya 2 6
Staurogyne 2 156
Tetramerium 2 32
Yeatesia 2 3
Anisostachya 1 61
Ballochia 1 3
Brachystephanus 1 21
Calacanthus 1 1
Chorisochora 1 4
Clinacanthus 1 4
Codonacanthus 1 3
Cynarospermum 1 1
Eremomastax 1 1
Fittonia 1 2
Henrya 1 3
Heteradelphia 1 2
Holographis 1 18
Leptostachya 1 1
Megaskepasma 1 1
Meiosperma 1 6
Mendoncia 1 89
Mimulopsis 1 20
Nelsonia 1 3
Neuracanthus 1 32
Nicoteba 1 3
Oplonia 1 21
Podorungia 1 5
Pulchranthus 1 4
Sclerochiton 1 18
Spathacanthus 1 4
Streblacanthus 1 3
Symplectochilus 1 2
Trichanthera 1 2
Trichocalyx 1 2
Whitfieldia 1 13

Genera we do not yet document 120 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.