| Currently Accepted Name: | Acanthaceae |
| Taxonomic Rank: | Family |
Phylum - Magnoliophyta - Flowering Plants
Class - Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order - Scrophulariales
Family - Acanthaceae
Genus - Anisacanthus - desert honeysuckle 
Genus - Aphanosperma
Genus - Blechum
Genus - Carlowrightia - wrightwort 
Genus - Dicliptera - foldwing 
Genus - Dyschoriste - snakeherb 
Genus - Elytraria - scalystem
Genus - Henrya
Genus - Holographis - holographis
Genus - Hygrophila
Genus - Jacobinia
Genus - Justicia - water-willow 
Genus - Pachystachys - pachystachys
Genus - Pseuderanthemum
Genus - Ruellia - wild petunia 
Genus - Siphonoglossa
Genus - Stenandrium
Genus - Tetramerium - tetramerium 
Genus - Thunbergia - thunbergia