Acanthus polystachyus

Acanthus polystachyus

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: Acanthus polystachyus

Name

Acanthus polystachyus Delile, Cent. Pl. Afr. Voy. Méroé 2. t. 62. f. 2. (1826), "polystachius"

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cheilopsis polystachyus (Delile) Moq., Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. I. 27: 230 (1832).
  • Dilivaria polystachya (Delile) Endl., Gen. Pl.: 703 (1839)
  • Zonablephis polistachyus (Delile) Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 144 (1838).
• Heterotypic
  • Acanthus arboreus f. albiflorus Fiori, Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 47: 41 (1940).
  • Acanthus flamandii De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 4: 427 (1914).
  • Acanthus polystachyus var. pseudopubescens Cufod.. Enum. Pl. Aeth.: 954 (1964), nom. nud.
  • Acanthus arboreus var. pubescens Oliv., Trans. Linn. Soc. 29: 129, t. 86 (1875).
    • Acanthus pubescens (Oliv.) Engl., Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika: 390 (1892).
  • Acanthus ugandensis C.B.Clarke, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 527 (1906).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Rwanda, Zaïre. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Zambia. Regional: Southern Africa Northern Provinces (Northern Province) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Delile, A.R., Cent. Pl. Meroe 72, t. 62, f. 2. 1826.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acanthus polystachyus 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. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Acanthus polystachyus. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Acanthus polystachyus. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 08 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Acanthus polystachyus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 08.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Acanthus polystachyus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Jun. 2018.

Vernacular names

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