Acanthaceae
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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 specie
Acanthus mollis spike pair Erice
Chinese violet (Asystasia gangetica)
Barleria sp.
Leaf of the nerve plant (Fittonia verschaffeltii)
Lamiales
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The Lamiales are an order of flowering plants in the asterids clade of the Eudicots. Under the APG IV system of flowering plant classification the order consists of 24 families, and includes about 23,
Acanthaceae
…Much research, using both molecular data and fossils, has been conducted in recent years regarding the dating and distribution of the Acanthaceae and Lamiales lineage, although there still remains some ambiguity. In a 2004 study on the molecular phylogenetic dating of asterid flowering plants, researchers…
Galeopsis speciosa
Example of Lamiales characteristics (shown on species Lavandula angustifolia)
Carnivorous plant in the order Lamiales; Utricularia aurea
Parasitic plant in the order Lamiales; Cordylanthus rigidus