Phlogacanthus

Phlogacanthus
Phlogacanthus turgidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Acanthoideae
Tribe:	Andrographideae
Genus:	Phlogacanthus Nees (1832)
Synonyms
Cystacanthus T.Anderson (1867) Diotacanthus Benth. (1876) Janasia Raf. (1838) Loxanthus Nees (1832) Meninia Fua ex Hook.f. (1873)

Phlogacanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae and tribe Andrographideae. Its distribution includes India through to Indo-China, southern China, Java, and Sulawesi.

Species

Plants of the World Online currently recognises more than 40 species:

• Phlogacanthus abbreviatus (Craib) Benoist
• Phlogacanthus albiflorus Bedd.
• Phlogacanthus annamensis Benoist
• Phlogacanthus brevis C.B.Clarke
• Phlogacanthus celebicus Backer ex Bremek.
• Phlogacanthus changlangensis P.Lungphi, A.V.Singh & A.P.Das
• Phlogacanthus colaniae Benoist
• Phlogacanthus cornutus Benoist
• Phlogacanthus curviflorus (Nees) Nees
• Phlogacanthus cymosus (T.Anderson) Kurz
• Phlogacanthus datii (Benoist) D.V.Hai, Y.F.Deng & R.K.Choudhary
• Phlogacanthus elongatus T.Anderson
• Phlogacanthus fuscus Lindau
• Phlogacanthus geoffrayi Benoist
• Phlogacanthus gomezii (Nees) J.R.I.Wood
• Phlogacanthus gracilis P.Anderson ex Burkill
• Phlogacanthus grandis Bedd.
• Phlogacanthus guttatus Nees
• Phlogacanthus insignis Kurz
• Phlogacanthus jenkinsii C.B.Clarke
• Phlogacanthus kjellbergii Bremek.
• Phlogacanthus lambertii Raizada
• Phlogacanthus magnus (C.B.Clarke) Y.F.Deng
• Phlogacanthus murtonii Craib
• Phlogacanthus paniculatus (T.Anderson) J.B.Imlay
• Phlogacanthus parviflorus T.Anderson
• Phlogacanthus pauciflorus J.B.Imlay
• Phlogacanthus pedunculatus J.B.Imlay
• Phlogacanthus pochinii Raizada
• Phlogacanthus poilanei Benoist
• Phlogacanthus prostratus J.B.Imlay
• Phlogacanthus pubinervius T.Anderson
• Phlogacanthus publiflorus Lindau
• Phlogacanthus pulcherrimus T.Anderson
• Phlogacanthus pyramidalis Benoist
• Phlogacanthus racemosus Bremek.
• Phlogacanthus rectiflorus J.B.Imlay
• Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis (Roxb. ex Hardw.) Mabb.
• Phlogacanthus tubiflorus Nees
• Phlogacanthus turgidus (Fua ex Hook.f.) Lindau
• Phlogacanthus vitellinus (Roxb.) T.Anderson
• Phlogacanthus yangtsekiangensis (H.Lév.) C.Xia & Y.F.Deng

Gallery

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  Phlogacanthus curviflorus
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  P. pubinervius
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  "P. quadrangularis" (synonym of P. vitellinus)
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  Phlogacanthus albiflorus

References

External links

• Media related to Phlogacanthus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Phlogacanthus at Wikispecies
• "Phlogacanthus Nees". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 13 November 2013.