family Acanthaceae

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family Acanthaceae - widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order ScrophularialesAcanthaceae, acanthus familyasterid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsorder Polemoniales, Polemoniales - Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophularialesgenus Acanthus - bear's breechesgenus Graptophyllum, Graptophyllum - caricature plantgenus Thunbergia, Thunbergia - a genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae