Rhinacanthus

This article is about the genus of plants. For the genus of fish, see Rhinecanthus.

Rhinacanthus
Rhinacanthus nasutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Acanthoideae
Tribe:	Justicieae
Genus:	Rhinacanthus Nees (1832)
Species
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Rhinacanthus is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 26 species native to tropical Africa and Asia, ranging across sub-Saharan Africa to Madagascar, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, south-central China, Peninsular Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Species

26 species are accepted.

• Rhinacanthus angolensis I.Darbysh.
• Rhinacanthus angulicaulis I.Darbysh.
• Rhinacanthus beesianus Diels
• Rhinacanthus calcaratus (Wall) Nees
• Rhinacanthus dichotomus (Lindau) I.Darbysh.
• Rhinacanthus flavovirens Amaras. & Wijes.
• Rhinacanthus gracilis Klotzsch
• Rhinacanthus grandiflorus Dunn
• Rhinacanthus humilis Benoist
• Rhinacanthus kaokoensis K.Balkwill & S.Will.
• Rhinacanthus mucronatus Ensermu
• Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz
• Rhinacanthus oblongus (Nees) Nees
• Rhinacanthus obtusifolius (Heine) I.Darbysh.
• Rhinacanthus osmospermus Bojer ex Nees
• Rhinacanthus perrieri Benoist
• Rhinacanthus polonnaruwensis L.H.Cramer
• Rhinacanthus pulcher Milne-Redh.
• Rhinacanthus rotundifolius C.B.Clarke
• Rhinacanthus scoparius Balf.f.
• Rhinacanthus selousensis I.Darbysh.
• Rhinacanthus spiciformis Y.F.Deng, Z.L.Lin & D.V.Hai
• Rhinacanthus submontanus T.Harris & I.Darbysh.
• Rhinacanthus virens (Nees) Milne-Redh.
• Rhinacanthus xerophilus A.Meeuse
• Rhinacanthus zambesiacus I.Darbysh.

Formerly placed here

• Kenyacanthus ndorensis (Schweinf.) I.Darbysh. & Kiel (as Rhinacanthus ndorensis Schweinf. & Mildbr.)