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.
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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Species edit
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 edit
Dischistocalyx grandifolius C.B.Clarke (as Acanthopale buchholzii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke)
References edit
- ^ a b c 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.
External links edit
- on the Tree of Life Web Project Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Acanthopale on the African Plant Database
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