| Streptosiphon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Streptosiphon Mildbr. |
Streptosiphon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. [1]
Its native range is Tanzania. [1]
Species: [1]
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.
Ctenolophon is the only genus in the flowering plant family Ctenolophonaceae. It has two recognized species:
The Balanophoraceae are a subtropical to tropical family of obligate parasitic flowering plants, notable for their unusual development and formerly obscure affinities. In the broadest circumscription, the family consists of 16 genera. Alternatively, three genera may be split off into the segregate family Mystropetalaceae.
Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed was a German botanist that specialized in mosses, ferns, and various spermatophytes. He is well known for authoring the most current monograph and taxonomic treatment of the family Stylidiaceae in 1908 as part of the unfinished Das Pflanzenreich series. The genus Mildbraediodendron was named in honor of him.
Octoknema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Olacaceae.
Crossandra is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae, comprising 54 species that occur in Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species, especially Crossandra infundibuliformis, are cultivated for their brightly colored flowers.
Holoptelea is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Ulmaceae.
Vismianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Connaraceae.
Tristemma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Trichosanchezia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Anisosepalum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Tessmanniacanthus is a Monotypic genus] of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It only contains one known species, Tessmanniacanthus chlamydocardioidesMildbr.
Caloncoba is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Achariaceae.
Chlamydophytum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Balanophoraceae.
Coussapoa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Urticaceae.
Nesogenes is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Strephonema is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Combretaceae.
Desplatsia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.
Encephalosphaera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Erismadelphus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Vochysiaceae.