Acanthaceae

Calacanthus grandiflorus (Dalzell) Radlk.

Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Calacanthus

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Calacanthus grandiflorus: Acanthaceae (acanthus or ruellia family) » Calacanthus grandiflorus kal-uh-KAN-thus -- from the Greek kalos (beautiful) and akanthos (spine, thorn) gran-dih-FLO — Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Synonyms

Calacanthus dalzellianus T.Anderson ex Benth. & Hook.f.
Lepidagathis grandiflora Dalzell

Photos

Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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.