Biology:Calacanthus
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Calacanthus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Calacanthus T.Anderson ex Benth. (1876) |
| Species: | C. grandiflorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Calacanthus grandiflorus (Dalzell) Radlk. (1884 publ. 1883)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Calacanthus dalzellianus T.Anderson ex Benth. & Hook.f. (1876), nom. illeg. | |
Calacanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It contains a single species, Calacanthus grandiflorus.[3] It is endemic to the Western Ghats of western India , in the states Maharashtra, Goa, and Karnataka. It typically grows on moist sunny slopes, including in clumps near streams and on ridge tops, along forest edges, and in shrublands, from 550 to 1,000 metres elevation.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Watve, A. (2022). "Calacanthus grandiflorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T219675453A219675779. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T219675453A219675779.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/219675453/219675779. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ↑ "Calacanthus grandiflorus (Dalzell) Radlk. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:46706-1.
- ↑ "Calacanthus T.Anderson ex Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:438-1.
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