Dinteracanthus
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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Dinteracanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.{{cite web |title=Anisosepalum E.Hossain {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:378-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}
Its native range is Angola and Namibia in tropical Africa.
The genus name of Dinteracanthus is in honour of Kurt Dinter (1868–1945), a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa,{{cite book | last=Quattrocchi | first=Umberto | title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L | publisher=CRC Press | location=Boca Raton, Florida | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-8493-2676-9}} and Greek term ἄκανθος (akanthos) for Acanthus mollis, a plant that's image was used in Greek architecture. The genus was described in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich Vol.60 on page 416 in 1915.
It was verified by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service on 23 January 2009.{{cite web |title=Genus Dinteracanthus C. B. Clarke ex Schinz |url=https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=24177 |website=npgsweb.ars-grin.gov |access-date=28 August 2021}}
- Dinteracanthus acetabulus {{small|(E.A.Tripp & K.G.Dexter) E.A.Tripp & I.Darbysh.}}
- Dinteracanthus asper {{small|Schinz}}
- Dinteracanthus diversifolius {{small|(S.Moore) E.A.Tripp & I.Darbysh.}}
- Dinteracanthus kaokoanus {{small|(E.A.Tripp & K.G.Dexter) E.A.Tripp & I.Darbysh.}}
- Dinteracanthus marlothii {{small|(Engl.) Schinz}}