Neuracanthus

Neuracanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 32 species native to tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, Indian subcontinent, and Indochina.

Neuracanthus
Neuracanthus tetragonostachyus subsp. trinervius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Tribe:	Acantheae
Genus:	Neuracanthus Nees (1832)
Synonyms
Leucobarleria Lindau (1895)

Species

As of February 2024, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

• Neuracanthus aculeatus Balf.f.
• Neuracanthus africanus T.Anderson ex S.Moore
• Neuracanthus argyrophyllus Chiov.
• Neuracanthus brachystachyus Benoist
• Neuracanthus capitatus Balf.f.
• Neuracanthus cladanthacanthus Chiov.
• Neuracanthus decorus S.Moore
• Neuracanthus gracilior S.Moore
• Neuracanthus grandiflorus Kurz
• Neuracanthus keniensis J.-P.Lebrun & Stork
• Neuracanthus leandrii Benoist
• Neuracanthus lindaui C.B.Clarke
• Neuracanthus madagascariensis Benoist
• Neuracanthus mahajangensis Bidgood & Brummitt
• Neuracanthus matsabdianus Bidgood & Brummitt
• Neuracanthus migiurtinus Bidgood & Brummitt
• Neuracanthus neesianus C.B.Clarke
• Neuracanthus niveus S.Moore
• Neuracanthus ovalifolius (Fiori) Bidgood & Brummitt
• Neuracanthus pedalis Bidgood & Brummitt
• Neuracanthus pictus M.G.Gilbert
• Neuracanthus polyacanthus (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
• Neuracanthus richardianus (Nees) Boivin ex Benoist
• Neuracanthus robecchii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
• Neuracanthus scaber S.Moore
• Neuracanthus sphaerostachyus (Nees) Dalzell
• Neuracanthus spinosus Deflers
• Neuracanthus subuninervis Kurz
• Neuracanthus tephrophyllus Bidgood & Brummitt
• Neuracanthus tetragonostachyus Nees
• Neuracanthus ukambensis C.B.Clarke
• Neuracanthus umbraticus Bidgood & Brummitt