Acanthoideae

Acanthoideae
Acanthus mollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Acanthoideae Eaton, 1836[1]
Type genus
Acanthus
Tribes
See text

Acanthoideae^[2] is a subfamily of plants in the family Acanthaceae.

Tribes and genera

Wikispecies lists the following genera in six tribes:

Acantheae

• Acanthopsis
• Acanthus
• Achyrocalyx
• Aphelandra
• Blepharis
• Crossandra
• Crossandrella
• Cynarospermum
• Cyphacanthus
• Encephalosphaera
• Geissomeria
• Holographis
• Neriacanthus
• Orophochilus
• Rhombochlamys
• Salpixantha
• Sclerochiton
• Stenandrium
• Streptosiphon
• Strobilacanthus
• Xantheranthemum

Andrographideae

• Andrographis (synonym Indoneesiella)
• Cystacanthus
• Graphandra
• Gymnostachyum
• Haplanthodes
• Phlogacanthus (synonym Diotacanthus)

Barlerieae

• Barleria
• Barleriola
• Borneacanthus
• Boutonia
• Chroesthes
• Crabbea (synonyms: Acanthostelma, Golaea)
• Hulemacanthus
• Lasiocladus
• Lepidagathis (synonym Acanthura)
• Lophostachys

Justicieae

• Afrofittonia
• Ambongia
• Ancistranthus
• Angkalanthus
• Anisacanthus
• Anisotes
• Anthacanthus
• Aphanosperma
• Ascotheca
• Asystasia
• Ballochia
• Brachystephanus (synonym Oreacanthus)
• Calycacanthus
• Carlowrightia
• Celerina
• Cephalacanthus
• Chalarothyrsus
• Chamaeranthemum
• Chileranthemum
• Chlamydocardia
• Chlamydostachya
• Chorisochora
• Clinacanthus
• Clistax
• Codonacanthus
• Conocalyx
• Cosmianthemum
• Cyclacanthus
• Danguya
• Dasytropis
• Dichazothece
• Dicladanthera
• Dicliptera (synonym Peristrophe)
• Ecbolium
• Filetia
• Fittonia
• Forcipella
• Graptophyllum
• Gypsacanthus
• Harpochilus
• Henrya
• Herpetacanthus (synonym Juruasia)
• Hoverdenia
• Hypoestes
• Isoglossa
• Jadunia
• Justicia (synonym Megalostoma)
• Kalbreyeriella
• Kudoacanthus
• Linariantha
• Mackaya
• Marcania
• Megalochlamys
• Megaskepasma
• Melittacanthus
• Metarungia
• Mexacanthus
• Mirandea
• Monechma
• Monothecium
• Odontonema
• Oplonia
• Pachystachys
• Pelecostemon
• Phialacanthus
• Podorungia
• Poikilacanthus
• Populina
• Pranceacanthus
• Pseuderanthemum
• Pseudodicliptera
• Psilanthele
• Ptyssiglottis
• Pulchranthus
• Rhinacanthus
• Ritonia
• Rungia
• Ruspolia
• Ruttya
• Samuelssonia
• Sapphoa
• Schaueria
• Sebastiano-schaueria Nees
• Spathacanthus
• Sphinctacanthus
• Stenostephanus (synonyms Cylindrosolenium, Razisea)
• Streblacanthus
• Tessmanniacanthus
• Tetramerium
• Thyrsacanthus
• Thysanostigma
• Trichaulax
• Trichocalyx
• Xerothamnella
• Yeatesia

Ruellieae

• Acanthopale
• Aechmanthera
• Benoicanthus
• Bravaisia
• Brillantaisia
• Brunoniella
• Calacanthus
• Clarkeasia
• Dinteracanthus
• Dischistocalyx
• Duosperma
• Dyschoriste (synonyms: Apassalus, Sautiera)
• Echinacanthus
• Eranthemum
• Eremomastax
• Hemigraphis
• Heteradelphia
• Hygrophila
• Kosmosiphon
• Leptosiphonium
• Louteridium
• Lychniothyrsus
• Mellera (synonym Ionacanthus)
• Mimulopsis (synonym Epiclastopelma)
• Pararuellia
• Petalidium
• Phaulopsis
• Physacanthus
• Pseudoruellia
• Ruellia
• Ruelliopsis
• Sanchezia
• Satanocrater
• Spirostigma
• Stenosiphonium
• Stenothyrsus
• Strobilanthes
• Strobilanthopsis
• Suessenguthia
• Trichanthera
• Trichosanchezia
• Zygoruellia

Whitfieldieae

• Camarotea
• Chlamydacanthus (synonym Theileamea)
• Forcipella
• Lankesteria
• Leandriella
• Vindasia
• Whitfieldia

References

1. Eaton (1836) Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 33.
2. NCBI: Acanthoideae (retrieved 29 November 2017)

External links

• Data related to Acanthoideae at Wikispecies
• Media related to Acanthoideae at Wikimedia Commons