Neriacanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It contains five species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Jamaica and Panama to Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[1]
Neriacanthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Subfamily: | Acanthoideae |
Tribe: | Acantheae |
Genus: | Neriacanthus Benth. & Hook.f. (1876) |
Synonyms[1] | |
Aphanandrium Lindau (1895) |
Five species are accepted:[1]