Acanthus ebracteatus

Acanthus ebracteatus

Taxonavigation edit

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 ebracteatus
Subspecies: A. e. subsp. ebarbatus – A. e. subsp. ebracteatus

Name edit

Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 75, t. 40 (1791).

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Dilivaria ebracteata (Vahl) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 179 (1806).
    • Acanthus ilicifolius var. ebracteatus (Vahl) Benoist in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 4: 679 (1935).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: China
      • Hainan, China Southeast.
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh, India.
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Regional: Malesia
      • Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya.
    • Regional: Papuasia
      • New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: Australia
      • Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia.
  • Continental: Pacific
    • Regional: Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Vahl, M. 1791. Symbolae botanicae, sive plantarum, tam earum, quas in itinere, imprimis orientali, collegit Petrus Forskål, quam aliarum, recentius detectarum, exactiores descriptiones, nec non observationes circa quasdam plantas dudum cognitas. Pars 2. 108 pp., tt. 26–50. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Reference page

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Vernacular names edit

English: sea holly, holly mangrove
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