Acanthus

Acanthus spinosus

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: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Acantheae
Subtribus: Acanthinae
Genus: Acanthus
Species: A. albus – A. arboreus – A. austromontanus – A. carduaceus – A. caroli-alexandri – A. caudatus – A. dioscoridis – A. ebracteatus – A. eminens – A. flexicaulis – A. gaed – A. greuterianus – A. guineensis – A. hirsutus – A. hungaricus – A. ilicifolius – A. kulalensis – A. latisepalus – A. leucostachyus – A. longibracteatus – A. mayaccanus – A. mollis – A. montanus – A. polystachyus – A. sennii – A. seretii – A. spinosus – A. ueleensis – A. villaeanus – A. volubilis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 29. Reference page.

Name

Acanthus Tourn. ex L., Sp. Pl. 2: 639 ("939) (1753); Gen Pl. ed. 5: 286 (1754).

• Type species: Acanthus mollis L., designated by M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 170 (1929).)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Acanthodus Raf., Princ. Fond. Somiol. 25 (1814)
• Heterotypic
  • Dilivaria Juss., Gen. Pl.: 103 (1789).
    • Type species: Dilivaria ilicifolia (L.) J.St.-Hil.
    • Dilicaria T.Anderson, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 36 (1863), orth. var..
  • Cheilopsis Moq., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 27: 230 (1832).
    • Type: Cheilopsis polystachya (Delile) Moq. ex Nees in Alph. de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 272 (25 Nov. 1847) (= Acanthus polystachyus Delile)
    • Zonablephis Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 143 (1838).
      • Type: Zonablephis polistachyus (Delile) Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 144 (1838) (= Acanthus polystachyus Delile)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain (introduced). Regional: Middle Europe Czechoslovakia (introduced). Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal (introduced), Sardegna, Spain (introduced). Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira (introduced). Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South (introduced). Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia, Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Central America Costa Rica. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 639. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 286. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195 in International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Acanthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 29. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Acanthus. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 08 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Acanthus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 08.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Acanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Jun. 2018.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Acanthus in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2020 Oct 29.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Acanthus. .
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Acanthus in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2022 Nov 14.

Vernacular names

eesti: Karusõrg
suomi: Akantit
français: Acanthe
հայերեն: Ականթ, արջամագիլ, կեռանտ
italiano: Acanto
svenska: Akantusar
Türkçe: Ayıpençesi

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