Acanthaceae
Acanthus

Acanthus guineensis Heine & P.Taylor

First published in Kew Bull. 16: 161 (1962)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Congo. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Acanthaceae, H. Heine. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
An erect almost unbranched plant with fleshy stem up to 6 ft. high
Ecology
In wet forests.
[FWTA]

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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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 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • 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 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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