Acanthus austromontanus
(No common name)Taxonomy
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Spermatophytina
(auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
- Infraphylum: Angiospermae
auct.
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Lamiidae
Takhtajan ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder: Lamianae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Order: Scrophulariales
Lindley, 1833
- Family: Acanthaceae
(ah-kanth-AY-see-ay)
Durande, 1782, nom. cons. - Acanthus Family
- Genus: Acanthus
(a-KANTH-us)
- Acanthus
- Specific epithet: austromontanus Vollesen
- Botanical name: Acanthus austromontanus Vollesen
- Specific epithet: austromontanus Vollesen
- Genus: Acanthus
(a-KANTH-us)
- Acanthus
- Family: Acanthaceae
(ah-kanth-AY-see-ay)
Durande, 1782, nom. cons. - Acanthus Family
- Order: Scrophulariales
Lindley, 1833
- Superorder: Lamianae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass: Lamiidae
Takhtajan ex Reveal, 1992
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Angiospermae
auct.
- Subphylum: Spermatophytina
(auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
Physical Description
Family Acanthaceae:
The Acanthaceae are mostly herbs or shrubs comprising about 250 genera and 2,500 species, including twining forms. The leaves are simple, opposite and decussate; stipules are lacking. The flowers are bisexual, zygomorphic, and usually are associated with conspicuous, often brightly colored bracts. The calyx is usually deeply 4-5 lobed or sometimes is highly reduced with more numerous minute teeth. The corolla is sympetalous, usually 5-merous, mostly zygomorphic, and commonly 2 lipped. The androecium usually consists of 4 didynamous stamens or only 2 stamens adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate with the lobes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2 carpels, a single style, and a superior ovary with 2 locules, each with usually 2-10 axile ovules in one or two collateral vertical tiers. An annular nectary disk is usually found around the base of the ovary. The fruit is commonly an elastically dehiscent loculicidal capsule. The seed stalk or funiculus of each seed is modified into a hook shaped jaculator or retinaculum that functions in flinging out the seeds during dehiscence. -- Gerald Carr.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acanthus:
There are approximately 127 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: A. 'Ben Hope' · A. 'Candelabra' · A. 'Hollande du Nort' · A. 'Summer Beauty' (Bears Breech) · A. arborescens · A. arboreus · A. australis · A. austromontanus · A. balcanicus · A. barteri · A. boissieri · A. capensis · A. carduaceus · A. carduifolius · A. caroli-alexandri (Bears Breeches) · A. caudatus · A. ciliaris · A. cristatus · A. delilei · A. dioscoridis (Bears Breeches) · A. dioscoridis smooth-leaved · A. dioscoridis var. brevicaulis · A. dioscoridis var. perringii · A. discoridis · A. doloarin · A. dusenii · A. ebracteatus (Acanthus) · A. ebracteatus ebarbatus · A. ebracteatus ebracteatus · A. ebracteatus subsp. ebarbatus · A. ebracteatus subsp. ebracteatus · A. ebracteatus var. xiamenensis · A. edulis · A. eminens · A. flamandi · A. flexicaulis · A. furcatus · A. gaed · A. glaber · A. glaucus · A. glomeratus · A. grandiflorus · A. greuterianus · A. guineensis · A. hirsutus (Hairy Bears Breeches) · A. hirsutus f. roseus · A. hirsutus subsp. syriacus · A. hirsutus syriacus · A. hispanicus · A. humilis · A. hungaricus (Balkan Bear's Breeches) · A. ilicifolius (Holly Mangrove) · A. ilicifolius var. ilicifolius · A. ilicifolius var. subinteger · A. ilicifolius var. typica · A. ilicifolius var. xiamenensis · A. illicifolius · A. imbricatus · A. integrifolius · A. kirkii · A. kulalensis · A. latifolius · A. latisepalus · A. leucostachyus · A. longibracteatus · A. longifolius · A. longipetiolatus · A. lusitanicus · A. macer · A. maderaspatanus · A. maderaspatensis · A. mayaccanus · A. mollis (Bears Breeches) · A. mollis 'Feilding Gold' · A. mollis 'Fielding Gold' · A. mollis 'Hollard's Gold' (Bears Breeches) · A. mollis 'Jefalba' · A. mollis 'Latifolius' (Bear's Breeches) · A. mollis 'Niger' · A. mollis 'Oak Leaf' (Bear's Breech) · A. mollis 'Pride of Morvan' · A. mollis 'Rue Ledan' (Bears Breech) · A. mollis free-flowering · A. mollis Latifolius Group · A. mollis platyphyllos · A. montanus (Mountain Thistle) · A. mucronatus · A. neoguineensis · A. niger · A. nitidus · A. pectinatus · A. perringi · A. platyphyllus · A. polystachyus · A. polystachyus var. pseudopubescens · A. ponticus · A. procumbens · A. pubescens · A. pubescens var. pseudopubescens · A. pungens
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- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3780134
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