Acanthaceae

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Description

4320 spp.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

Growing form

Herbs, vines, shrubs (Avicennia mangrove trees)

Leaf

Leaves: opposite, simple; margin entire or spiny-dentate; often cystoliths on upper surface; no stipules; nodes often swollen.

Flower

Flower: supported by showy bracts; bilabiate; 4-5 sepals; 4-5 fused petals; 2 or 4 stamens; ovary superior, inflorescence showy and spike-like.

Fruit and seed

Fruit a capsule that often opens explosively.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.

A total of observations in Finland ?
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Observations
  • Total squares
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Acanthaceae
Author
Juss.
Vernacular names
  • akanttikasvit (Finnish)
  • akantusväxter (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.42334
Taxon rank
family
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants
jsonrdf+xmlskos (dwc)