7981.000 Acanthus L.

Description of the genus

Trees, shrubs or subshrubs. Leaves lobed to pinnatifid, with margin spiny. Inflorescences of dense terminal spikes. Calyx divided to base, 4-lobed. Corolla 1-lipped, the lip 3-5-lobed; corolla with the adaxial suture slit. Stamens exserted beyond corolla tube, 4, all 1-thecous. Ovary 2-locular. Capsule woody, shiny, brown. Seeds glabrous, borne on retinacula.

Worldwide: 30 species in tropical and warm regions of the Old World; 1 naturalised escape in Zimbabwe

Malawi: 1 taxon.

Acanthus ueleensis

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ueleensis De Wild.N,SDescription, Image

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Flora of Mozambique: Acanthus
Flora of Zambia: Acanthus
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Acanthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Acanthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Acanthus

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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Acanthus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Acanthus
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Acanthus
Wikipedia: Acanthus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Acanthus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Acanthus

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Acanthus.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1598, retrieved 1 April 2023

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