- Acanthaceae, family Acanthaceae, acanthus family - widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
--1 is a kind of asterid dicot family
--1 is a member of Polemoniales, order Polemoniales
--1 has members:genus Acanthus; Graptophyllum, genus Graptophyllum; Thunbergia, genus Thunbergia