Ptyssiglottis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It includes 38 species native to tropical Asia and Papuasia, ranging from Sri Lanka to Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago.[1]

Ptyssiglottis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ptyssiglottis
T.Anderson (1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ancylacanthus Lindau (1913)
  • Hallieracantha Stapf (1907)
  • Oreothyrsus Lindau (1905)
  • Polytrema C.B.Clarke (1908)

Species edit

38 species are accepted.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Ptyssiglottis T.Anderson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 February 2024.