| Satanocrater | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Ruellieae |
| Subtribe: | Ruelliinae |
| Genus: | Satanocrater Schweinf.1 |
| Synonyms2 | |
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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
References
- Schweinfurth, G. 1868. species aethiopicae. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien]. 18: pg. 676
- "Satanocrater Schweinf". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- 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.