Checklist: Acanthaceae

ACANTHACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of species, generated from the database, which are known to have been cultivated in Malawi.

To go to the main family page, click on the family name above.

Literature:
Balkwill, K. & Welman, W.G. (2000) Acanthaceae. In Leistner, O.A. Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera. Strelitzia 10 34-45
Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2010) Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora of Tropical East Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015) Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6)
Leistner, O.A. (2005) Seed plants of southern tropical Africa: families and genera SABONET Report No. 26 SABONET, Pretoria
Vollesen, K. (2009) Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora of Tropical East Africa
Vollesen, K. (2013) Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5)

Names


7914.000 THUNBERGIA Retz.
Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb.
Pleuremidis grandiflora (Roxb.) Raf.

7919.000 SANCHEZIA Ruiz. & Pav.
Sanchezia parvibracteata Hook. f.
Sanchezia nobilis sensu Darbyshire et al. in FTEA p.p.
Sanchezia oblonga sensu Maroyi

7951.000 STROBILANTHES Blume
PERILEPTA Bremek.
Strobilanthes hamiltoniana (Steud.) Bosser & Heine

8037.000 ODONTONEMA Nees
Odontonema callistachyum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze
Ecbolium corymbulosum (Bertol.) Kuntze
Justicia callistachya Kuntze
Thyrsacanthus callistachyus (Schltdl. & Cham.) Nees
Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze
Odontonema strictum sensu Maroyi
Thyrsacanthus cuspidatus Nees

8063.000 RUTTYA Harv.
Ruttya fruticosa Lindau
Ruttya scholesii Hort.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Malawi: Cultivated plants checklist: Acanthaceae.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-cult-checklist.php?family_id=1, retrieved 5 December 2025

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