Rhaphidospora
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Rhaphidospora is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.{{cite web |title=Rhaphidospora Nees {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:869-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en}} A classification of the Acanthaceae published in 2022 treats Rhaphidospora as a synonym of Justicia.{{Citation |mode=cs1 |last1=Manzitto-Tripp |first1=Erin A. |last2=Darbyshire |first2=Iain |last3=Daniel |first3=Thomas F. |last4=Kiel |first4=Carrie A. |last5=McDade |first5=Lucinda A. |date=2022 |title=Revised classification of Acanthaceae and worldwide dichotomous keys |journal=Taxon |volume=71 |issue=1 |pages=103–153 |doi=10.1002/tax.12600 |name-list-style=amp }}
Its native range is Tropical and Southern Africa, Madagascar, Tropical Asia to Eastern Australia.
- Rhaphidospora bonneyana {{small|(F.Muell.) R.M.Barker}}
- Rhaphidospora cavernarum {{small|(F.Muell.) R.M.Barker}}
- Rhaphidospora javanica {{small|Bremek.}}
- Rhaphidospora luzonensis {{small|(C.B.Clarke) Bremek.}}
- Rhaphidospora medullosa {{small|Bremek.}}
- Rhaphidospora membranifolia {{small|Miq.}}
- Rhaphidospora novoguineensis {{small|Valeton}}
- Rhaphidospora platyphylla {{small|(S.Moore) Bremek. ex A.R.Bean}}