Kenyacanthus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Genus: |
Kenyacanthus I.Darbysh. & Kiel (2019) |
Species: | K. ndorensis
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Binomial name | |
Kenyacanthus ndorensis (
Schweinf.) I.Darbysh. & Kiel (2019)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Rhinacanthus ndorensis Schweinf. (1892) |
Kenyacanthus ndorensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is an evergreen erect or trailing subshrub endemic to central Kenya. It is the sole species in genus Kenyacanthus. [1]
It grows in upland grassland and open woodland, including Vachellia drepanolobium woodland, from 1700 to 2150 meters elevation, often on seasonally-damp black clay soils. It forms small mats whch are conspicuously green among the dried grasses during the dry season. [1]