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Acanthaceae
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Herbs, sometimes vines, shrubs or trees, with opposite leaves, simple, pinnate venation, exstipulate. Variable inflorescences, with bilateral flowers, often with large, colorful bracts and bracteoles; 5 connate sepals/5 connate petals, 4 didynamous stamens, with filaments adnate to corolla. Superior ovary, 2 fused carpels, with axile placentation. Fruit an explosively dehiscent capsule with a funicle that is modified into a retinacula (a hook-shaped stalk that flings seed out).
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Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora
Acanthus mollis
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Anisacanthus quadrifidus
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Anisacanthus thurberi
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Beloperone guttata
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Carlowrightia arizonica
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Carlowrightia linearifolia
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Carlowrightia texana
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Dicliptera resupinata
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Dyschoriste novogaliciana
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Dyschoriste schiedeana
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Elytraria imbricata
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Eranthemum nervosum
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Henrya insularis
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Henrya tuberculosperma
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Justicia adhatoda
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Justicia brandegeana
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Justicia californica
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Justicia candicans
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Justicia fulvicoma
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Justicia longii
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Justicia masiaca
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Justicia sonorae
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Justicia spicigera
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Justicia zopilotensis
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Mirandea andradenia
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Mirandea huastecensis
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Mirandea sylvatica
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Ruellia californica
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Ruellia ciliatiflora
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Ruellia nudiflora
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Ruellia parryi
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Ruellia peninsularis
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Ruellia simplex
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Siphonoglossa mexicana
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Stenandrium mexicanum
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Tetramerium butterwickianum
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Tetramerium emilyanum
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Tetramerium mcvaughii
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Tetramerium nervosum
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Tetramerium rzedowskii
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Tetramerium sagasteguianum
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Tetramerium yaquianum
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