Ecbolium

Ecbolium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 26 species native to southern and eastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Indian subcontinent, and Myanmar.^[1]

Ecbolium
Ecbolium ligustrinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Tribe:	Justicieae
Genus:	Ecbolium Kurz (1871)
Species[1]
26; see text

Species

26 species are accepted.^[1]

• Ecbolium albiflorum Vollesen
• Ecbolium amplexicaule S.Moore
• Ecbolium barlerioides (S.Moore) Lindau
• Ecbolium benoistii Vollesen
• Ecbolium boranense Vollesen
• Ecbolium clarkei Hiern
• Ecbolium fimbriatum Benoist
• Ecbolium flanaganii C.B.Clarke
• Ecbolium glabratum Vollesen
• Ecbolium gymnostachyum (Nees) Milne-Redh.
• Ecbolium hastatum Vollesen
• Ecbolium humbertii Vollesen
• Ecbolium ligustrinum (Vahl) Vollesen
• Ecbolium madagascariense Vollesen
• Ecbolium oblongifolium Vollesen
• Ecbolium palmatum (Nees) Kuntze
• Ecbolium strictum O.Schwartz
• Ecbolium subcordatum C.B.Clarke
• Ecbolium syringifolium (Vahl) Vollesen
• Ecbolium tanzaniense Vollesen
• Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston