Calacanthus

Calacanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It contains a single species, Calacanthus grandiflorus.^[3] It is endemic to the Western Ghats of western India, in the states Maharashtra, Goa, and Karnataka. It typically grows on moist sunny slopes, including in clumps near streams and on ridge tops, along forest edges, and in shrublands, from 550 to 1,000 metres elevation.^[1]

Calacanthus
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Calacanthus T.Anderson ex Benth. (1876)
Species:	C. grandiflorus
Binomial name
Calacanthus grandiflorus (Dalzell) Radlk. (1884 publ. 1883)
Synonyms[2]
Calacanthus dalzellianus T.Anderson ex Benth. & Hook.f. (1876), nom. illeg. Lepidagathis grandiflora Dalzell (1850)