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Kenyacanthus

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Kenyacanthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Kenyacanthus
I.Darbysh. & Kiel (2019)
Species:
K. ndorensis
Binomial name
Kenyacanthus ndorensis
(Schweinf.) I.Darbysh. & Kiel (2019)
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]

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