Acanthoprasium

Acanthoprasium integrifolium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Lamioideae
Tribus: Marrubieae
Genus: Acanthoprasium
Species: A. frutescens – A. integrifolium – A. lorestanicum

Name

Acanthoprasium (Benth.) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 9: 166 (1840).

• Type species: Acanthoprasium frutescens (L.) Spenn. in T.F.L.Nees von Esenbeck, Gen. Fl. Germ., Gamop. 2: Trib. VII n. 41: [2] (1843).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Ballota sect. Acanthoprasium Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 598 (1834).
• Homotypic
  • Acanthoprasium (Benth.) Spenn. in T.F.L.Nees von Esenbeck, Gen. Fl. Germ., Gamop. 2: Trib. VII n. 41: [1] (1843), isonym, nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southwestern Europe France. Southeastern Europe Italy. Asia-Temperate Western Asia Cyprus, Iran. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Spach, É. 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux. Phanérogames. Tome 9. 586 pp. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bendiksby, M., Thorbek, L., Scheen, A.-C., Lindqvist, C. & Ryding, P.O. 2011. An updated phylogeny and classification of Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae. Taxon 60(2): 471–484. DOI: 10.1002/tax.602015 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Siadati, S., Salmaki, Y., Mehrvarz, S.S., Heubl, G. & Weigend, M. 2018. Untangling the generic boundaries in tribe Marrubieae (Lamiaceae: Lamioideae) using nuclear and plastid DNA sequences. Taxon 67(4): 770–783. DOI: 10.12705/674.6 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Acanthoprasium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Acanthoprasium. Published online. Accessed: 17 March 2022. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Acanthoprasium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 March 2022. Reference page.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Acanthoprasium. Accessed: 2025 May 09.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Dornballote
• français: Ballotépine

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