Satanocrater

{{short description|Genus of African plants in the family Acanthaceae}}

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Satanocrater (from σατανος‐, ‐κρατορας, meaning "devil's bowl") is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, disjunctly distributed in Guinea in west Africa, and Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan in east Africa. They are xerophytes, and either shrubs or perennial herbs.{{cite journal |title=Comparative anatomy, morphology, and molecular phylogenetics of the African genus Satanocrater (Acanthaceae) |year=2012 |last1=Tripp |first1=E. A. |last2=Fatimah |first2=S. |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=99 |issue=6 |pages=967–982 |pmid=22575370 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1100354 }}