Barleria
Barleria cristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Acanthoideae
Tribe:	Barlerieae
Genus:	Barleria L. (1753)
Synonyms[1]
List Barleriacanthus Oerst. (1855) Barlerianthus Oerst. (1855) Barleriopsis Oerst. (1855) Barleriosiphon Oerst. (1855) Barlerites Oerst. (1855) Barreliera J.F.Gmel. (1792) Crabbea Harv. (1838), nom. rej. Dicranacanthus Oerst. (1855) Isaloa Humbert (1937) Parabarleria Baill. (1890) Prionitis Oerst. Pseudobarleria Oerst. Prionitis Oerst. (1854), nom. illeg. Pseudobarleria Oerst. (1855) Somalia Oliv. (1886) Soubeyrania Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr. Wahabia Fenzl (1844), nom. nud.

Barleria is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes 303 species native to the tropics and subtropics, including the Americas from Mexico to northern South America, sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China and Taiwan, parts of Malesia, and New Guinea.^[1]

Some species include:

• Barleria acanthoides Vahl
• Barleria aculeata Balf.f.
• Barleria albostellata C.B.Clarke, the grey barleria
• Barleria compacta Malombe & I.Darbysh.
• Barleria cristata L., the crested Philippine violet
• Barleria elegans S.Moore
• Barleria greenii M.&K.Balkwill, Green's barleria
• Barleria lupulina Lindl., the hop-headed barleria or snake bush
• Barleria micans Nees
• Barleria mysorensis B.Heyne ex Roth
• Barleria observatrix Bosser & Heine
• Barleria obtusa Nees, the bush violet
• Barleria opaca (Vahl) Nees
• Barleria popovii Verdc.
• Barleria pretoriensis C.B.Clarke
• Barleria prionitis L., the porcupine flower
• Barleria repens Nees, the small bush violet
• Barleria rotundifolia Oberm.
• Barleria siamensis Craib
• Barleria strigosa Willd.
• Barleria tetracantha Balf.f.

• "Barleria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Media related to Barleria at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Barleria at Wikispecies