Acanthopale

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.

For the genus of worms with this name, see Acanthopale (annelid).

Acanthopale
Scientific 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]

12; see text

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. Acanthopale C.B.Clarke. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. "ACANTHOPALE C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE] on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org.
  3. 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.


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