Acanthaceae

Acanthus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 639 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Central & SE. Europe to N. Australia and Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Kriti, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Santa Cruz Is., Sardegna, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia

Introduced into:

Azores, Baleares, California, Canary Is., Corse, Costa Rica, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Madeira, Mauritius, Mexico Central, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Portugal, South Australia, Spain, Tasmania, Victoria

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 5: 105.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • L., Sp. Pl.: 639 (1753).
  • Vollesen in Kew Bull. 62: 233–250 (2007).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • DC., Prodr. 11: 270 (1847)
  • F.T.A. 5: 105 (1899)
  • G.P. 2: 1090 (1876)
  • Gen. Pl.: 286 (1754)
  • K.B. 62: 233 (2007)
  • Sp. Pl.: 639 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 22, 2015 Johns, R.J. [12676] Papua New Guinea K000938959 Yes
Dec 22, 2015 Ubaldus, M. [149617] Borneo K000938804 Yes
Feb 11, 1897 Büttner, R. [355] Congo, Republic of the K000394331 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004697861 Yes
Pichler [s.n.] Croatia K004696808 Yes
Simaga, J. M. [785] Papua New Guinea K001635773 No
Simaga, J. M. [785] Papua New Guinea K001635774 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Croatia K004696812 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004697860 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2512] Bangladesh K000639334 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004697864 Yes
[Dr. K. Harg] [s.n.] Croatia K004696814 Yes
Pichler, T. [s.n.] Croatia K004696816 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [7202] Indonesia K:SPC-74021.000 No
Sintenis, P. [691] Greece K004696821 Yes
Schodde, R.; Craven, L.A. [4266] K004697319 Yes
Henty, E.E. [NGF27119] Papua New Guinea K004697315 Yes
Callier, A. [126] Bosnia and Herzegovina K004696818 Yes
[Dr. K. Harg] [s.n.] Croatia K004696813 Yes
Schodde, R. [4266] K004697320 Yes
[Dr. C. Harz] [s.n.] Croatia K004696815 Yes
Adamovic [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina K004696820 Yes
Schodde, R. [4203] K004697322 Yes
Petter [s.n.] Croatia K004696817 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004697858 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004697857 Yes
[Noe] [s.n.] Croatia K004696809 Yes
Croft, J.R. [LAE61200] Papua New Guinea K004697316 Yes
Croft, J.R. [LAE61200] Papua New Guinea K004697317 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Croatia K004696811 Yes
Gouan [s.n.] K004697855 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004697859 Yes
K:SPC-54503.000 No
Noë, D. [s.n.] Croatia K004696810 Yes
Huxley, C.R.; Mairi, C. [UPNG5653] Papua New Guinea K004697314 Yes
Schodde, R.; Craven, L.A. [4203] K004697321 Yes
Dr. G. de Beck [201] Bosnia and Herzegovina K004696819 Yes
White, K.J. [NGF9649A] Papua New Guinea K004697318 Yes
[A.M. Smith nata Glennie] [s.n.] Croatia K004696807 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004697854 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004697856 Yes
Frodin, D.G. [UPNG4022] Papua New Guinea K004697313 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0