Herpetacanthus Explained
Herpetacanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It includes 21 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Honduras to Panama in Central America, and from Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia, northern and eastern Brazil, Suriname, and French Guiana in South America.
21 species are accepted:
- Herpetacanthus acaulis
- Herpetacanthus acuminatus
- Herpetacanthus angustatus
- Herpetacanthus chalarostachyus
- Herpetacanthus delicatus
- Herpetacanthus longiflorus
- Herpetacanthus longipetiolatus
- Herpetacanthus macahensis
- Herpetacanthus macrophyllus
- Herpetacanthus magnobracteolatus
- Herpetacanthus melancholicus
- Herpetacanthus napoensis
- Herpetacanthus neesianus
- Herpetacanthus panamensis
- Herpetacanthus parvispica
- Herpetacanthus pauciflorus
- Herpetacanthus rotundatus
- Herpetacanthus rubiginosus
- Herpetacanthus stenophyllus
- Herpetacanthus strongyloides
- Herpetacanthus tetrandrus
