Acanthus Family

Acanthaceae or Acanthus Family.—Usually herbaceous Ruellia), rarely sub-woody or woody plants, occasionally bushy in habit, containing cystoliths in the mesophyll or epidermal cells of the leaves and in the parenchyma of the roots and stems. Leaves opposite. 

Acanthus mollis acanthus -Agnus castus monk s pepper - Beilis perennis daisy - Brassicae the cabbage family Cardamine pratense cuckoo flower Cucumis sativus cucumber -Cucuibita pepo pumpkin Curcuma longa turmeric... 

Benzoxazinoid biosynthesis is restricted to single isolated species within the families Ranunculaceae (i.e., Consolida orientalis), Lamiaceae (Lamium galeobdolon), and Plantaginaceae (Scoparia dulcis) [374, 375] and to several species in the Acan-thaceae Acanthus mollis, Aphelandra tetragona, Aphelandra squarrosa, Blepharis edulis) [376]. 

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