Acanthus eminens C.B.Clarke

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 107 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to South Sudan and Central Kenya. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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  • Vollesen, K. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae(1): 1-285.

Kew Bulletin

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Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Biol. Skr. 51(2): 435 (2005)
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 385, fig. 601 (1987)
  • E.P.A.: 952 (1964)
  • F.E.E. 5: 355 (2006)
  • F.P.S. 3: 166 (1956)
  • F.T.A. 5: 107 (1899)
  • K.B. 1933: 94 (1934)
  • K.B. 62: 239 (2007).
  • K.T.S.: 16 (1961)
  • K.T.S.L.: 596 (1994)
  • Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 466 (1997)
  • U.K.W.F., ed. 2: 274 (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 11, 1897 Scott Elliot, G.F. [6926] Kenya K000394426 Type Yes

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