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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Justicieae |
| Genus: | Spathacanthus Baill. |
Spathacanthus is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
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Acanthaceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in temperate regions. The four main centres of distribution are Indonesia and Malaysia, Africa, Brazil, and Central America. Representatives of the family can be found in nearly every habitat, including dense or open forests, scrublands, wet fields and valleys, sea coast and marine areas, swamps, and mangrove forests.
Spathacanthus hahnianus is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. It is threatened by habitat loss. This species occurs in cloud forests and tropical rainforests, rarely in oak forests, and mostly around streams. It is found at elevations between 150 and 1,650 meters.
As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 238 conservation dependent species. 0.29% of all evaluated species are listed as conservation dependent. The IUCN also lists seven subspecies and five varieties as conservation dependent.
