Acanthus

Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection

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Digitised Reference Slides
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Distribution
Acanthus (rights holder: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings)© Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)

Acanthus

Trees, shrubs or subshrubs. Leaves lobed to pinnatifid, with margin spiny. Inflorescences of dense terminal spikes. Calyx divided to base, 4-lobed. Corolla 1-lipped, the lip 3-5-lobed; corolla with the adaxial suture slit. Stamens exserted beyond corolla tube, 4, all 1-thecous. Ovary 2-locular. Capsule woody, shiny, brown. Seeds glabrous, borne on retinacula. © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)

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Definition
Parent Taxon
Acanthaceae
Species
Taxonomic Completion
6.90%
2 of 29 accepted Species
Global Pollen Project UUID
2ed556b9-fb96-486e-8250-0f62e93458ce
Botanical Reference
None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources

This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.

The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility