Family:
Acanthaceae Juss.
Genus:
Acanthus L.

Acanthus dioscoridis L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Turkey to W. Iran.

Native to:

Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Transcaucasus, Turkey

Acanthus dioscoridis L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Davis [22045], Turkey 73673.000 No

First published in Cent. Pl. II: 23 (1756)

Accepted by

  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1982). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 7: 1-947. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
  • Rechinger, K.H. (1966). Flora Iranica 24: 1-9. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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