# Flowering plants of Somalia: families Acanthaceae to Aristolochiaceae (501 species) (part 2 of 4)

> Part 2 of 4 of Flowering plants of Somalia: families Acanthaceae to Aristolochiaceae (501 species), from Lepidagathis calycina.

Source page: https://calankii.com/en/nature/flowering-plants-of-somalia-acanthaceae-to-aristolochiaceae-2/
Last checked: 2026-11-13
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Part 2 of 4 of [Flowering plants of Somalia: families Acanthaceae to Aristolochiaceae (501 species)](/en/nature/flowering-plants-of-somalia-acanthaceae-to-aristolochiaceae/). Sources are listed on part 1.

This list is in 4 parts: [1](/en/nature/flowering-plants-of-somalia-acanthaceae-to-aristolochiaceae/) · **2** · [3](/en/nature/flowering-plants-of-somalia-acanthaceae-to-aristolochiaceae-3/) · [4](/en/nature/flowering-plants-of-somalia-acanthaceae-to-aristolochiaceae-4/)

## Full list (501 species)

| Name | Scientific name | Family | Red List | Records in Somalia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Lepidagathis calycina](https://www.gbif.org/species/3777109) | *Lepidagathis calycina* | Acanthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Lepidagathis scabra](https://www.gbif.org/species/3775812) | *Lepidagathis scabra* | Acanthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Lepidagathis scariosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/3775803) | *Lepidagathis scariosa* | Acanthaceae | NE | 12 |
| [Lepidagathis speciosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/8876567) | *Lepidagathis speciosa* | Acanthaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Megalochlamys linifolia](https://www.gbif.org/species/3773207) | *Megalochlamys linifolia* | Acanthaceae | NE | 32 |
| [Megalochlamys ogadenensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/3773188) | *Megalochlamys ogadenensis* | Acanthaceae | NE | 7 |
| [Megalochlamys trinervia](https://www.gbif.org/species/8695651) | *Megalochlamys trinervia* | Acanthaceae | NE | 5 |
| [Megalochlamys violacea](https://www.gbif.org/species/3773117) | *Megalochlamys violacea* | Acanthaceae | NE | 37 |
| [Monechma bracteatum](https://www.gbif.org/species/3770250) | *Monechma bracteatum* | Acanthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Monechma carnosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/11206097) | *Monechma carnosa* | Acanthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Monechma debile](https://www.gbif.org/species/3770176) | *Monechma debile* | Acanthaceae | NE | 19 |
| [Neuracanthus argyrophyllus](https://www.gbif.org/species/3769236) | *Neuracanthus argyrophyllus* | Acanthaceae | NE | 4 |
| [Neuracanthus capitatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/3769220) | *Neuracanthus capitatus* | Acanthaceae | NE | 4 |
| [Neuracanthus cladanthacanthus](https://www.gbif.org/species/3769212) | *Neuracanthus cladanthacanthus* | Acanthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Neuracanthus lindaui](https://www.gbif.org/species/3769153) | *Neuracanthus lindaui* | Acanthaceae | NE | 5 |
| [Neuracanthus matsabdianus](https://www.gbif.org/species/3769129) | *Neuracanthus matsabdianus* | Acanthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Neuracanthus migiurtinus](https://www.gbif.org/species/3769121) | *Neuracanthus migiurtinus* | Acanthaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Neuracanthus niveus](https://www.gbif.org/species/3769110) | *Neuracanthus niveus* | Acanthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Neuracanthus ovalifolius](https://www.gbif.org/species/3769101) | *Neuracanthus ovalifolius* | Acanthaceae | NE | 14 |
| [Neuracanthus pictus](https://www.gbif.org/species/3769082) | *Neuracanthus pictus* | Acanthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Neuracanthus polyacanthus](https://www.gbif.org/species/3769076) | *Neuracanthus polyacanthus* | Acanthaceae | NE | 33 |
| [Neuracanthus robecchii](https://www.gbif.org/species/7263213) | *Neuracanthus robecchii* | Acanthaceae | NE | 33 |
| [Neuracanthus tephrophyllus](https://www.gbif.org/species/7263202) | *Neuracanthus tephrophyllus* | Acanthaceae | LC | 16 |
| [Rhinacanthus rotundifolius](https://www.gbif.org/species/5572954) | *Rhinacanthus rotundifolius* | Acanthaceae | VU | 2 |
| [Ruellia carnea](https://www.gbif.org/species/5575029) | *Ruellia carnea* | Acanthaceae | NE | 34 |
| [Ruellia discifolia](https://www.gbif.org/species/5574728) | *Ruellia discifolia* | Acanthaceae | NE | 38 |
| [Ruellia linearibracteolata](https://www.gbif.org/species/5574071) | *Ruellia linearibracteolata* | Acanthaceae | NE | 32 |
| [Ruellia nocturna](https://www.gbif.org/species/9201783) | *Ruellia nocturna* | Acanthaceae | NE | 3 |
| [White Veld Violet](https://www.gbif.org/species/5573538) | *Ruellia patula* | Acanthaceae | NE | 110 |
| [Prostrate Wild Petunia](https://www.gbif.org/species/5415375) | *Ruellia prostrata* | Acanthaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Ruspolia hypocrateriformis](https://www.gbif.org/species/5575605) | *Ruspolia hypocrateriformis* | Acanthaceae | NE | 8 |
| [Jammy Mouth](https://www.gbif.org/species/3779755) | *Ruttya fruticosa* | Acanthaceae | NE | 18 |
| [Satanocrater coccineus](https://www.gbif.org/species/3778096) | *Satanocrater coccineus* | Acanthaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Satanocrater paradoxus](https://www.gbif.org/species/8427290) | *Satanocrater paradoxus* | Acanthaceae | NE | 13 |
| [Satanocrater ruspolii](https://www.gbif.org/species/3778038) | *Satanocrater ruspolii* | Acanthaceae | NE | 12 |
| [Satanocrater somalensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/3778026) | *Satanocrater somalensis* | Acanthaceae | NE | 28 |
| [Thunbergia affinis](https://www.gbif.org/species/5574402) | *Thunbergia affinis* | Acanthaceae | NE | 16 |
| [Black eyed Susan vine, Black-eyed Susan, Black-eyed Susan clock vine, Bright eyes, Winged clockvine](https://www.gbif.org/species/5415463) | *Thunbergia alata* | Acanthaceae | NE | 4 |
| [Thunbergia guerkeana](https://www.gbif.org/species/5574120) | *Thunbergia guerkeana* | Acanthaceae | NE | 11 |
| [Thunbergia paulitschkeana](https://www.gbif.org/species/5573804) | *Thunbergia paulitschkeana* | Acanthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Grandidiera boivinii](https://www.gbif.org/species/3878753) | *Grandidiera boivinii* | Achariaceae | LC | 2 |
| [Lindackeria bukobensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/3879739) | *Lindackeria bukobensis* | Achariaceae | LC | 5 |
| [Lindackeria somalensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/3879567) | *Lindackeria somalensis* | Achariaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Forest-Peach](https://www.gbif.org/species/3878331) | *Rawsonia lucida* | Achariaceae | LC | 2 |
| [African Baconfig](https://www.gbif.org/species/8124412) | *Aizoon canariense* | Aizoaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Heart-leaf Ice-Plant](https://www.gbif.org/species/8185812) | *Mesembryanthemum cordifolium* | Aizoaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Sesuvium hydaspicum](https://www.gbif.org/species/3706964) | *Sesuvium hydaspicum* | Aizoaceae | NE | 5 |
| [Shoreline Seapurslane](https://www.gbif.org/species/3084883) | *Sesuvium portulacastrum* | Aizoaceae | LC | 5 |
| [Desert Pink](https://www.gbif.org/species/10965161) | *Sesuvium sesuvioides* | Aizoaceae | NE | 1 |
| [New Zealand spinach](https://www.gbif.org/species/5384307) | *Tetragonia tetragonioides* | Aizoaceae | NE | 1 |
| [New Zealand-Spinach](https://www.gbif.org/species/5554574) | *Tetragonia tetragonoides* | Aizoaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Trianthema ceratosepala](https://www.gbif.org/species/3704558) | *Trianthema ceratosepalum* | Aizoaceae | NE | 11 |
| [Trianthema corallicola](https://www.gbif.org/species/7916556) | *Trianthema corallicolum* | Aizoaceae | NE | 5 |
| [Trianthema crystallinum](https://www.gbif.org/species/7329299) | *Trianthema crystallinum* | Aizoaceae | NE | 8 |
| [Desert Horse-Purslane](https://www.gbif.org/species/3084848) | *Trianthema portulacastrum* | Aizoaceae | LC | 1 |
| [Red Spinach](https://www.gbif.org/species/7512002) | *Trianthema triquetrum* | Aizoaceae | NE | 11 |
| [Tribulocarpus dimorphanthus](https://www.gbif.org/species/3703920) | *Tribulocarpus dimorphanthus* | Aizoaceae | NE | 13 |
| [Tribulocarpus retusus](https://www.gbif.org/species/7632355) | *Tribulocarpus retusus* | Aizoaceae | NE | 6 |
| [Tribulocarpus somalensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/10709159) | *Tribulocarpus somalensis* | Aizoaceae | NE | 2 |
| [African Purslane](https://www.gbif.org/species/7329156) | *Zaleya pentandra* | Aizoaceae | NE | 29 |
| [Achyranthes abyssinica](https://www.gbif.org/species/3672899) | *Achyranthes abyssinica* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Devil's Horsewhip](https://www.gbif.org/species/3085168) | *Achyranthes aspera* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 8 |
| [Achyranthes coynei](https://www.gbif.org/species/3676272) | *Achyranthes coynei* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 16 |
| [Achyranthes sicula](https://www.gbif.org/species/7626296) | *Achyranthes sicula* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Aerva javanica](https://www.gbif.org/species/7925519) | *Aerva javanica* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 87 |
| [Khakiweed](https://www.gbif.org/species/3084949) | *Alternanthera pungens* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 9 |
| [Rabbit-meat](https://www.gbif.org/species/3084939) | *Alternanthera sessilis* | Amaranthaceae | LC | 2 |
| [Love-lies-bleeding](https://www.gbif.org/species/6109611) | *Amaranthus caudatus* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Purple Amaranth](https://www.gbif.org/species/5384390) | *Amaranthus cruentus* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Spleen Amaranth](https://www.gbif.org/species/8279930) | *Amaranthus dubius* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Short-tepalled Pigweed](https://www.gbif.org/species/5384373) | *Amaranthus graecizans* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 8 |
| [Green Amaranth](https://www.gbif.org/species/5384364) | *Amaranthus hybridus* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Amaranthus sparganicephalus](https://www.gbif.org/species/8205620) | *Amaranthus sparganicephalus* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 7 |
| [Thunberg's amaranth](https://www.gbif.org/species/5384383) | *Amaranthus thunbergii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Slender Amaranth](https://www.gbif.org/species/5384334) | *Amaranthus viridis* | Amaranthaceae | LC | 1 |
| [Anabasis articulata](https://www.gbif.org/species/5568629) | *Anabasis articulata* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Anabasis ehrenbergii](https://www.gbif.org/species/5568609) | *Anabasis ehrenbergii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 8 |
| [Glaucous Glasswort](https://www.gbif.org/species/9417609) | *Arthrocaulon macrostachyum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 7 |
| [Atriplex coriacea](https://www.gbif.org/species/3760595) | *Atriplex coriacea* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Atriplex erigavoensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/3759847) | *Atriplex erigavoensis* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Atriplex farinosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/7548065) | *Atriplex farinosa* | Amaranthaceae | LC | 17 |
| [Shrubby Orache](https://www.gbif.org/species/3083718) | *Atriplex halimus* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Atriplex nogalensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/3756911) | *Atriplex nogalensis* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Atriplex stocksii](https://www.gbif.org/species/3759555) | *Atriplex stocksii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Caroxylon africanum](https://www.gbif.org/species/9458669) | *Caroxylon africanum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Caroxylon imbricatum](https://www.gbif.org/species/7889407) | *Caroxylon imbricatum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Caroxylon spinescens](https://www.gbif.org/species/3759397) | *Caroxylon spinescens* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 10 |
| [Cockscomb](https://www.gbif.org/species/3085191) | *Celosia argentea* | Amaranthaceae | LC | 13 |
| [Celosia polystachia](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673478) | *Celosia polystachya* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 46 |
| [Celosia schweinfurthiana](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673375) | *Celosia schweinfurthiana* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [woolflower](https://www.gbif.org/species/3085198) | *Celosia trigyna* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Centemopsis gracilenta](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673099) | *Centemopsis gracilenta* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Centemopsis micrantha](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673077) | *Centemopsis micrantha* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 12 |
| [Nettle-leaved Goosefoot](https://www.gbif.org/species/8149099) | *Chenopodiastrum murale* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 6 |
| [grey goosefoot](https://www.gbif.org/species/3083903) | *Chenopodium opulifolium* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 8 |
| [Chionothrix somalensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/3676425) | *Chionothrix somalensis* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 29 |
| [Climacoptera crassa](https://www.gbif.org/species/9284811) | *Climacoptera crassa* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Cornulaca ehrenbergii](https://www.gbif.org/species/3758928) | *Cornulaca ehrenbergii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Cornulaca monacantha](https://www.gbif.org/species/3758905) | *Cornulaca monacantha* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Cyathula orthacantha](https://www.gbif.org/species/5548538) | *Cyathula orthacantha* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Globe Cyathula](https://www.gbif.org/species/5548482) | *Cyathula uncinulata* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Dasysphaera alternifolia](https://www.gbif.org/species/3675629) | *Dasysphaera alternifolia* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 9 |
| [Dasysphaera hyposericea](https://www.gbif.org/species/3675612) | *Dasysphaera hyposericea* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 21 |
| [Dasysphaera robecchii](https://www.gbif.org/species/3675599) | *Dasysphaera robecchii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Dasysphaera tomentosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/3675591) | *Dasysphaera tomentosa* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [false amaranth](https://www.gbif.org/species/6429755) | *Digera muricata* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 38 |
| [Schrader Goosefoot](https://www.gbif.org/species/5568322) | *Dysphania schraderiana* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 10 |
| [Eriostylos stefaninii](https://www.gbif.org/species/3675175) | *Eriostylos stefaninii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 16 |
| [Fadenia zygophylloides](https://www.gbif.org/species/5568052) | *Fadenia zygophylloides* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 9 |
| [gomphrena-weed](https://www.gbif.org/species/3084911) | *Gomphrena celosioides* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Halothamnus beckettii](https://www.gbif.org/species/5568716) | *Halothamnus beckettii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 5 |
| [Halothamnus bottae](https://www.gbif.org/species/6035803) | *Halothamnus bottae* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Halothamnus somalensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/6035776) | *Halothamnus somalensis* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 41 |
| [Kaviria pycnophylla](https://www.gbif.org/species/3758330) | *Kaviria pycnophylla* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 15 |
| [Kaviria rubescens](https://www.gbif.org/species/3758324) | *Kaviria rubescens* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 31 |
| [Lagenantha cycloptera](https://www.gbif.org/species/3756439) | *Lagenantha cycloptera* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 11 |
| [Lopriorea ruspolii](https://www.gbif.org/species/3675811) | *Lopriorea ruspolii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 6 |
| [Neocentema robecchii](https://www.gbif.org/species/3675412) | *Neocentema robecchii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 8 |
| [Shrubby Russian Thistle](https://www.gbif.org/species/9465030) | *Nitrosalsola vermiculata* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Nothosaerva brachiata](https://www.gbif.org/species/3675362) | *Nothosaerva brachiata* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Nucularia perrinii](https://www.gbif.org/species/6285517) | *Nucularia perrinii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [aerva](https://www.gbif.org/species/10974033) | *Ouret lanata* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 77 |
| [Foambush](https://www.gbif.org/species/10858334) | *Ouret leucura* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 6 |
| [Pandiaka lanuginosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/3675067) | *Pandiaka lanuginosa* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Pleuropterantha revoilii](https://www.gbif.org/species/4931284) | *Pleuropterantha revoilii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 62 |
| [Pleuropterantha thulinii](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673576) | *Pleuropterantha thulinii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 7 |
| [Pleuropterantha undulatifolia](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673571) | *Pleuropterantha undulatifolia* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 5 |
| [Polyrhabda atriplicifolia](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673539) | *Polyrhabda atriplicifolia* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Psilotrichum amplum](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673370) | *Psilotrichum amplum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 8 |
| [Psilotrichum gloveri](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673253) | *Psilotrichum gloveri* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 10 |
| [Psilotrichum gnaphalobryum](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673249) | *Psilotrichum gnaphalobryum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 10 |
| [Psilotrichum gracilipes](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673236) | *Psilotrichum gracilipes* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Psilotrichum lanatum](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673208) | *Psilotrichum lanatum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 13 |
| [Psilotrichum leptostachys](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673198) | *Psilotrichum leptostachys* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 9 |
| [Psilotrichum patulum](https://www.gbif.org/species/11734920) | *Psilotrichum patulum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 5 |
| [Psilotrichum scleranthum](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673091) | *Psilotrichum scleranthum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 4 |
| [Psilotrichum sericeum](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673079) | *Psilotrichum sericeum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 19 |
| [Psilotrichum stenanthum](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673070) | *Psilotrichum stenanthum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 6 |
| [Psilotrichum tomentosum](https://www.gbif.org/species/3673059) | *Psilotrichum tomentosum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 16 |
| [Psilotrichum virgatum](https://www.gbif.org/species/3674491) | *Psilotrichum virgatum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 12 |
| [forest burr](https://www.gbif.org/species/7323604) | *Pupalia lappacea* | Amaranthaceae | LC | 46 |
| [Pupalia robecchii](https://www.gbif.org/species/3674954) | *Pupalia robecchii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 18 |
| [Rosifax sabuletorum](https://www.gbif.org/species/3674774) | *Rosifax sabuletorum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Salsola forskaolii](https://www.gbif.org/species/6285548) | *Salsola forskaolii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Sericocomopsis hildebrandtii](https://www.gbif.org/species/3674518) | *Sericocomopsis hildebrandtii* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Sericocomopsis pallida](https://www.gbif.org/species/3674481) | *Sericocomopsis pallida* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 93 |
| [Sevada schimperi](https://www.gbif.org/species/3758353) | *Sevada schimperi* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 21 |
| [Soda longifolia](https://www.gbif.org/species/11277578) | *Soda longifolia* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Seablite](https://www.gbif.org/species/3757104) | *Suaeda aegyptiaca* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 6 |
| [brakbos](https://www.gbif.org/species/3083537) | *Suaeda fruticosa* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 4 |
| [Suaeda micromeris](https://www.gbif.org/species/3756821) | *Suaeda micromeris* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 16 |
| [South-Indian seepweed](https://www.gbif.org/species/7563473) | *Suaeda monoica* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 26 |
| [Arabian Jointed Glasswort](https://www.gbif.org/species/3755896) | *Suaeda vermiculata* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 22 |
| [Mungily](https://www.gbif.org/species/7340130) | *Tecticornia indica* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 5 |
| [Traganum nudatum](https://www.gbif.org/species/3760351) | *Traganum nudatum* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Volkensinia prostrata](https://www.gbif.org/species/3675752) | *Volkensinia prostrata* | Amaranthaceae | NE | 1 |


This list is in 4 parts: [1](/en/nature/flowering-plants-of-somalia-acanthaceae-to-aristolochiaceae/) · **2** · [3](/en/nature/flowering-plants-of-somalia-acanthaceae-to-aristolochiaceae-3/) · [4](/en/nature/flowering-plants-of-somalia-acanthaceae-to-aristolochiaceae-4/)

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