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As classified in WFO snapshot

March 2019

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genus

Acanthus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 639 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000000168.

Species in Acanthus ( loading species 1 to 15 of 29)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Acanthus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Acanthus boissieri Hausskn. Mitt. Geogr. Ges. (Thüringen) Jena 5: 62 1887 wfo-0000513802
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Acanthus dioscoridis var. grandiflorus Bornm. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins n.f., 6: 67 1894 wfo-0000513817
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Acanthus flamandii De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État 4: 427 1914 wfo-0000513828
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Acanthus imbricatus Edgew. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 16: 1217 1847 wfo-0000513848
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Acanthus kirkii T.Anderson J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 37 1864 wfo-0000513850
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Acanthus polycotomus Chiov. wfo-0001285647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Acanthus ponticus Jordanov Jahrb. Univ. Sofia, Phys.-Math. Fak. Nat. 30: 412 1934 wfo-0000513874
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Acanthus pubescens (Oliv.) Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 390 1892 wfo-0000513876
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Acanthus rubens Raf. Fl. Ludov. 37 1817 wfo-0000513882
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Acanthus ugandensis C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 527 1906 wfo-0000513897