Anisacanthus is a genus of flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae

Acanthaceae

The family Acanthaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species....

. The generic name is derived from the Greek

Greek language

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

 words ανισος (anisos), meaning "unequal," and ακανθος (acanthos), meaning "thorn." Members of the genus are native to tropical

Tropics

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 and subtropical

Subtropics

The subtropics are the geographical and climatical zone of the Earth immediately north and south of the tropical zone, which is bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, at latitudes 23.5°N and 23.5°S...

 regions of the Americas

Americas

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. They are commonly known as desert honeysuckles, though this term is shared with the genus Ancistranthus, and is something of a misnomer as true honeysuckles (genus Lonicera

Honeysuckle

Honeysuckles are arching shrubs or twining vines in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Northern Hemisphere. There are about 180 species of honeysuckle, 100 of which occur in China; Europe, India and North America have only about 20 native species each...

) belong to the family Caprifoliaceae

Caprifoliaceae

The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade consisting of about 800 dicotyledonous flowering plants, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution; centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and eastern Asia, while they are absent in tropical and southern Africa.They are mostly...

. Anisacanthus species are sometimes cultivated for use in xeriscaping

Xeriscaping

Xeriscaping and xerogardening refers to landscaping and gardening in ways that reduce or eliminate the need for supplemental water from irrigation...

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Species

Anisacanthus abditus Brandegee Anisacanthus andersonii T.F.Daniel – Big Desert Honeysuckle, Limita Anisacanthus boliviensis Nees Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Goethe and was born within the lifetime of Linnaeus. He described approximately 7,000 plant species... Anisacanthus brasiliensis Anisacanthus brasiliensis Anisacanthus brasiliensis is a plant native of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil.-External links:... Lindau Gustav Lindau Gustav Lindau , was a German mycologist and botanist.- Biography :Gustav Lindau studied natural history in Heidelberg and Berlin, where he studied under Simon Schwendener . He completed his doctoral thesis on the apothecia of lichens in1888... Anisacanthus caduciflorus (Griseb. August Grisebach August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach was a German botanist and phytogeographer. Born in Hannover on April 17, 1814, he died at Göttingen on May 9, 1879.- Biography :... ) Ariza Anisacanthus caducifolius Lindau Gustav Lindau Gustav Lindau , was a German mycologist and botanist.- Biography :Gustav Lindau studied natural history in Heidelberg and Berlin, where he studied under Simon Schwendener . He completed his doctoral thesis on the apothecia of lichens in1888... Anisacanthus glaberrimus M.E.Jones Anisacanthus gonzalezii Greenm. Anisacanthus greggii A.Gray Asa Gray -References:*Asa Gray. Dictionary of American Biography. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928–1936.*Asa Gray. Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.*Asa Gray. Plant Sciences. 4 vols. Macmillan Reference USA, 2001.... Anisacanthus insignos A.Gray Asa Gray -References:*Asa Gray. Dictionary of American Biography. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928–1936.*Asa Gray. Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.*Asa Gray. Plant Sciences. 4 vols. Macmillan Reference USA, 2001.... Anisacanthus juncea Hemsl. William Hemsley (botanist) William Botting Hemsley was an English botanist and 1909 Victoria Medal of Honour recipient.... Anisacanthus linearis (S.H.Hagen) Henrickson & E.J.Lott – Narrowleaf Desert Honeysuckle, Dwarf Anisacanthus Anisacanthus malmei Lindau Gustav Lindau Gustav Lindau , was a German mycologist and botanist.- Biography :Gustav Lindau studied natural history in Heidelberg and Berlin, where he studied under Simon Schwendener . He completed his doctoral thesis on the apothecia of lichens in1888... Anisacanthus nicaraguensis L.H. Durkee Anisacanthus ochoterenae Miranda

Anisacanthus pohlii Lindau Gustav Lindau Gustav Lindau , was a German mycologist and botanist.- Biography :Gustav Lindau studied natural history in Heidelberg and Berlin, where he studied under Simon Schwendener . He completed his doctoral thesis on the apothecia of lichens in1888... Anisacanthus puberulus (Torr.) Henrickson & E.J.Lott – Dwarf Desert Honeysuckle, Pinky Anisacanthus Anisacanthus pumilus Nees Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Goethe and was born within the lifetime of Linnaeus. He described approximately 7,000 plant species... Anisacanthus quadrifidus (Vahl Martin Vahl Martin Henrichsen Vahl was a Danish-Norwegian botanist and zoologist.He studied botany in Copenhagen and in Uppsala under Carolus Linnaeus. He edited Flora Danica fasc. XVI-XXI , Symbolæ Botanicæ I-III , Eclogæ Americanæ I-IV and Enumeratio Plantarum I-II... ) Nees Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Goethe and was born within the lifetime of Linnaeus. He described approximately 7,000 plant species... – Wright's Desert Honeysuckle, Flame Anisacanthus Anisacanthus ramosissimus (Moric.) V.M.Baum Anisacanthus ruber Lindau Gustav Lindau Gustav Lindau , was a German mycologist and botanist.- Biography :Gustav Lindau studied natural history in Heidelberg and Berlin, where he studied under Simon Schwendener . He completed his doctoral thesis on the apothecia of lichens in1888... Anisacanthus secundus Leonard Emery Clarence Leonard Emery Clarence Leonard was an American botanist known for his work on the Acanthaceae plant family and on the flora of Haiti.-References:... Anisacanthus stramineus Barneby Anisacanthus tetracaulis Leonard Emery Clarence Leonard Emery Clarence Leonard was an American botanist known for his work on the Acanthaceae plant family and on the flora of Haiti.-References:... Anisacanthus thurberi (Torr.) A.Gray Asa Gray -References:*Asa Gray. Dictionary of American Biography. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928–1936.*Asa Gray. Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.*Asa Gray. Plant Sciences. 4 vols. Macmillan Reference USA, 2001.... – Thurber's Desert Honeysuckle Anisacanthus trilobus Anisacanthus trilobus Anisacanthus trilobus is a plant native of Caatinga vegetation and Cerrado vegetation of Brazil.-See also:* List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil* List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil... Lindau Gustav Lindau Gustav Lindau , was a German mycologist and botanist.- Biography :Gustav Lindau studied natural history in Heidelberg and Berlin, where he studied under Simon Schwendener . He completed his doctoral thesis on the apothecia of lichens in1888... Anisacanthus tulensis Greenm. Anisacanthus virgularis Nees Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Goethe and was born within the lifetime of Linnaeus. He described approximately 7,000 plant species...