Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Acanthus
Common Names in Informal Latinized N:
Acanthus
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
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- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
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- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Scrophulariales
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- Family:
Scirtoidea
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- Subfamily:
Acanthoideae
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- Genus:
Acanthus
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- Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
ebracteatus
- Vahl
- Botanical name: - Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl
- Specific epithet:
ebracteatus
- Vahl
- Genus:
Acanthus
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- Subfamily:
Acanthoideae
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- Family:
Scirtoidea
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- Order:
Scrophulariales
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- Class:
Magnoliopsida
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- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acanthus
There are approximately 123 species 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. doloarin · A. dusenii · A. ebracteatus (Acanthus) · 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. 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 · A. raddei · A. repandus · A. repens · A. rubens
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 15, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2671143
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-507264
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13764989
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:84633-3
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 507264
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 84633-3
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ACEB3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 17917
