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Acanthaceae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Juss. (1789). In: Gen. Pl.: 102, Nom. Cons.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Lamiales
family
Acanthaceae

Name

Synonyms
Acanthaceoxylon Chitaley & Patil, 1970
Avicenniaceae
Justiciaceae
Mendonciaceae
Meyeniaceae
Nelsoniaceae
Thunbergiaceae
Homonyms
Acanthaceae
Common names
Acant in Occitan (post 1500)
Acantacee in Italian
Acanthacées in French
Acanthacées in French
Acanthacées in French
Acanthacées in French
Acanthusachtigen in Dutch
Acanthusfamilie in Dutch
Acantàcies in Catalan–Valencian
Acantáceas in Spanish
Acantă in Romanian
Akant in Slovenian
Akantacoj in Esperanto
Akanthusgewächse in language.
Akanthusgewächse in language.
Akantiniai in Lithuanian
Akantkimilər in Azerbaijani
Akantowate in Polish
Akantus-familien in Danish
Akantusfamilie in Afrikaans
Akantusowe rostliny in language.
Akantussläktet in Swedish
Ayıpençesigiller in Turkish
Bear's-breech Family in English
Famîleya pelkerengan in Kurdish
Họ Ô rô in Vietnamese
Primog in Croatian
Primogovke in Croatian
acanthacées in French
acanthus family in English
akantovité in Slovak
akanttikasvit in Finnish
akantuselised in Estonian
akantusfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
akantusväxter in Swedish
bear's-breech family in English
medvekörömfélék in Hungarian
paznehtníkovité in Czech
Акант котыр in language.
Акантовые in Russian
Акантові in Ukrainian
Ականթ in Armenian
Ականթազգիներ in Armenian
קוציציים in Hebrew
أقنثية in Arabic
اقنثا in Arabic
پاخرسیان in Persian
گل حرڪت in Sindhi
असुरो in Nepali
அகான்தசுத் தாவரப்பேரினம் in Tamil

Bibliographic References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2016). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 181(1): 1-20. 10.1111/boj.12385
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Gen. Pl.: 102. 4 Aug 1789.
  4. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  5. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  6. Reveal, J. L. (2006). USDA - APHIS - Concordance of Family Names, 2006 version. Available online at http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/usda/usdaindex.html.
  7. as per included genera
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