Acanthaceae
Aphelandra acanthus
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Aphelandra
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Synonyms
- Aphelandra gilva Leonard
- Aphelandra phobera Leonard
- Aphelandra quercifolia Nees
- Justicia acanthifolia Willd. ex Nees
- Justicia acanthoides Willd.
- Justicia acanthoides Willd. ex Nees
- Odontophyllum acanthus (Nees) Sreem.
- Odontophyllum gilvum (Leonard) Sreem.
- Odontophyllum phoberum (Leonard) Sreem.
- Sreemadhavana acanthus (Nees) Rauschert
Flowers
- In flower
- November to March (from 17 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.