title: Satanocrater
text: # Satanocrater
  
  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.
  
  ## Species
  
  Currently accepted species include:
  
  * Satanocrater fellatensis Schweinf.
  * Satanocrater paradoxa (Lindau) Lindau
  * Satanocrater ruspolii (Lindau) Lindau
  * Satanocrater somalensis (Lindau) Lindau
  