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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Acanthus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 639 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000000168.

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Synonyms of Acanthus

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Cheilopsis	Moq.	Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 27: 230. 1832.	wfo-4000007763
Dilivaria	Juss.	Gen. Pl. 103. 1789.	wfo-4000011733
Zonablephis	Raf.	Sylva Tellur. : 143 (1838)	wfo-4000041267
Dilicaria	T.Anderson	J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 36 (1863)	wfo-4000045116
Acanthodus	Raf.	–	wfo-4100002146

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Acanthus:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Acanthus boissieri	Hausskn.	Mitt. Geogr. Ges. (Thüringen) Jena 5: 62 (1887)		wfo-0000513802
Acanthus imbricatus	Edgew.	J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 16: 1217 (1847)		wfo-0000513848
Acanthus lusitanicus	hort. ex E.Goeze	Gard. Chron. 1867(no. 33): 856, column 2. 1867		wfo-1200024378
Acanthus maderaspatanus	Vahl ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 267. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]		wfo-0001352753
Acanthus polycotomus	Chiov.	–	—	wfo-0001285647
Acanthus ponticus	Jordanov	God. Sofiisk. Univ. Fiz.-Mat. Fak. 30: 412 (1934)		wfo-0000513874
Acanthus rubens	Raf.	Fl. Ludov. : 37 (1817)		wfo-0000513882
Acanthus straussii	Hausskn.	Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins n.s., xv. 6 (1900), in obs., nomen.		wfo-0001352759