Acanthaceae
"Acanthaceae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plant family of the order Lamiales. It is characterized by simple leaves in opposite pairs, cystoliths (enlarged cells containing crystals of calcium carbonate), and bilaterally symmetrical and bisexual flowers that are usually crowded together. The common name for Ruellia of wild petunia is easily confused with PETUNIA.
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D027901
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.583.040
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acanthaceae" by people in Profiles.
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Kiel CA, Manzitto-Tripp E, Fisher AE, Porter JM, McDade LA. Remarkable variation in androecial morphology is closely associated with corolla traits in Western Hemisphere Justiciinae (Acanthaceae: Justicieae). Ann Bot. 2023 10 04; 132(1):43-60.
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Zhuang Y, Manzitto-Tripp EA. Co-expression network analyses of anthocyanin biosynthesis genes in Ruellia (Wild Petunias; Acanthaceae). BMC Ecol Evol. 2022 03 08; 22(1):27.
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Tripp EA, McDade LA. A rich fossil record yields calibrated phylogeny for Acanthaceae (Lamiales) and evidence for marked biases in timing and directionality of intercontinental disjunctions. Syst Biol. 2014 Sep; 63(5):660-84.
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Tripp EA, Fatimah S, Darbyshire I, McDade LA. Origin of African Physacanthus (Acanthaceae) via wide hybridization. PLoS One. 2013; 8(1):e55677.
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Spasojevic MJ, Suding KN. Contrasting effects of hemiparasites on ecosystem processes: can positive litter effects offset the negative effects of parasitism? Oecologia. 2011 Jan; 165(1):193-200.