Acanthus L.
Distribution
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Kriti, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Santa Cruz Is., Sardegna, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Azores, Baleares, California, Canary Is., Corse, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, France, Great Britain, Madeira, Mauritius, Mexico Central, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Portugal, Spain
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Acanthodus Raf. in Précis Découv. Somiol.: 26 (1814)
- Cheilopsis Moq. in Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 27: 230 (1832)
- Dilicaria T.Anderson in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 36 (1863), orth. var.
- Dilivaria Juss. in Gen. Pl.: 103 (1789)
- Zonablephis Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 143 (1838)
Accepted Species
- Acanthus albus Debnath, B.K.Singh & P.Giri
- Acanthus arboreus Forssk.
- Acanthus austromontanus Vollesen
- Acanthus carduaceus Griff.
- Acanthus caroli-alexandri Hausskn.
- Acanthus caudatus Lindau
- Acanthus dioscoridis L.
- Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl
- Acanthus eminens C.B.Clarke
- Acanthus flexicaulis Bremek.
- Acanthus gaed Lindau
- Acanthus greuterianus Snogerup, B.Snogerup & Strid
- Acanthus guineensis Heine & P.Taylor
- Acanthus hirsutus Boiss.
- Acanthus hungaricus (Borbás) Baen.
- Acanthus ilicifolius L.
- Acanthus kulalensis Vollesen
- Acanthus latisepalus C.B.Clarke
- Acanthus leucostachyus Wall. ex Nees
- Acanthus longibracteatus Kurz
- Acanthus mayaccanus Büttner
- Acanthus mollis L.
- Acanthus montanus (Nees) T.Anderson
- Acanthus polystachyus Delile
- Acanthus sennii Chiov.
- Acanthus seretii De Wild.
- Acanthus spinosus L.
- Acanthus ueleensis De Wild.
- Acanthus villaeanus De Wild.
- Acanthus volubilis Wall.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 5: 105.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- DC., Prodr. 11: 270 (1847)
- F.T.A. 5: 105 (1899)
- G.P. 2: 1090 (1876)
- Gen. Pl.: 286 (1754)
- K.B. 62: 233 (2007)
- Sp. Pl.: 639 (1753)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0