Biology:Satanocrater
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Short description: Genus of African plants in the family Acanthaceae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Ruellieae |
| Subtribe: | Ruelliinae |
| Genus: | Satanocrater Schweinf.[1] |
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Haemacanthus S.Moore | |
Satanocrater (from σατανος‐, ‐κρατορας, meaning "devil's bowl") is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, disjunctly distributed in Guinea in west Africa, and Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan in east Africa.[2] They are xerophytes, and either shrubs or perennial herbs.[3]
Species
Currently accepted species include:[2]
- Satanocrater fellatensis Schweinf.
- Satanocrater paradoxa (Lindau) Lindau
- Satanocrater ruspolii (Lindau) Lindau
- Satanocrater somalensis (Lindau) Lindau
References
- ↑ Schweinfurth, G. 1868. species aethiopicae. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien]. 18: pg. 676
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Satanocrater Schweinf.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:906-1.
- ↑ Tripp, E. A.; Fatimah, S. (2012). "Comparative anatomy, morphology, and molecular phylogenetics of the African genus Satanocrater (Acanthaceae)". American Journal of Botany 99 (6): 967–982. doi:10.3732/ajb.1100354. PMID 22575370.
Wikidata ☰ Q9074753 entry
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