Family: Acanthaceae

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Last Modified 01/18/2013

List of Acanthaceae Genera

References to Acanthaceae

  • Fritz, K. M. et.al. 2004. Habitat modification by the stream macrophyte Justicia americana and its effects on biota. Oecologia 140: 388-397.
  • Fritz, K. M. et.al. 2004. Factors affecting biomass allocation in the riverine macrophyte Justicia americana. Aquatic Botany 78: 279-288.
  • Graham, V. A. W. 1988. Delimitation and infra-generic classification of Justicia (Acanathaceae). Kew Bull. 43: 551-624.
  • Hill, B. H. 1981. Distribution and production of Justicia americana in the New River, Virginia. Castanea 46: 162-169.
  • Lewis, K. P. 1980. Vegetative reproduction in populations of Justicia americana in Ohio and Alabama USA. Ohio J. Science 80: 134-137.
  • Long, R. L. 1970. The genera of Acanthaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor 51: 257-309.
  • Long, R. W. 1961. Convergent patterns of variation in Ruellia caroliniensis and R. humilis (Acanthaceae). Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 88: 387-396.
  • Manktelow, M. 2000. The filament curtain: a structure important to systematics and pollination biology in the Acanthaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 133: 129-160.
  • McDade, L. A. et.al. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships among Acanthaceae: evidence from two genomes. Syst. Bot. 25: 106-121.
  • McDade, L. A. et.al. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships within the tribe Justicieae (Acanthaceae): evidence from molecular sequences, morphology, and cytology. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 87: 435-458.
  • McDade, L. A. et.al. 2008. Toward a comprehensive understanding of phylogenetic relationships among lineages of Acanthaceae s. l. (Lamiales). Amer. J. Bot. 95: 1136-1152.
  • Penfound, W. T. 1940. The biology of Dianthera americana L. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 24: 242-247.
  • Robertson, C. 1892. Flowers and insects. VII. Bot. Gaz. 17: 65-71.
  • Scotland, R. W.; Vollesen, K. 2000. Classification of Acanthaceae. Kew Bull. 55: 513-589.
  • Strakosh, T. R. et.al. 2005. The response of water willow Justicia americana to different water inundation and desiccation regimes. N. Amer. J. Fish. Mangm. 25: 1476-1485.
  • Wasshausen, D. C. 1998. Acanthaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 63: 99-116.