Acanthopale
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| Acanthopale | |
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| File:Acanthopale.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Ruellieae |
| Genus: | Acanthopale C.B.Clarke (1899) |
| Species[1] | |
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12; see text | |
Acanthopale is a plant genus of shrubs[2] or subshrubs[3] in the Acanthaceae plant family.[1] The genus name is based on the classic Greek words for thorn ákantha and stake palum. Some species in the genus are cultivated as ornamental plants.
Species
12 species are accepted:[1]
- Acanthopale aethiogermanica Ensermu
- Acanthopale breviceps (Benoist) Callm. & Phillipson
- Acanthopale cuneifolia (Benoist) Callm. & Phillipson
- Acanthopale confertiflora (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
- Acanthopale decempedalis C.B.Clarke (synonym A. cameronica Bremek.)
- Acanthopale humblotii (Benoist) Callm. & Phillipson
- Acanthopale laxiflora (Lindau) C.B.Clarke (syn. Dischistocalyx laxiflorus Lindau)
- Acanthopale macrocarpa Vollesen
- Acanthopale madagascariensis (Baker) C.B.Clarke ex Bremek.
- Acanthopale perrieri (Benoist) Callm. & Phillipson
- Acanthopale pubescens (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
- Acanthopale ramiflora (Benoist) Callm. & Phillipson
Formerly placed here
Dischistocalyx grandifolius C.B.Clarke (as Acanthopale buchholzii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Acanthopale C.B.Clarke. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ↑ "ACANTHOPALE C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE] on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org.
- ↑ Flora of Malawi
- Clarke, C. B. 1900. Acanthaceae, Vol 5. In: Flora of Tropical Africa (ed. W. T. Thiselton-Dyer). Lovell Reeve & Co., London.
- Tripp, E. A. Evolutionary relationships within the species-rich genus Ruellia (Acanthaceae). Systematic Botany, in press.
- Darbyshire, I. 2004. Acanthopale decempedalis . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Bajado el 20-08-07. 2004. Acanthopale decempedalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded the 20-08-07.
