Acanthopale
Encyclopedia
Acanthopale is a genus of plant
in family Acanthaceae
. It contains flowering plants and is named so from the Greek ákantha (thorn) and palum (a stake). Some species in the genus are cultivated as ornamental plant
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Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae
The family Acanthaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species....
. It contains flowering plants and is named so from the Greek ákantha (thorn) and palum (a stake). Some species in the genus are cultivated as ornamental plant
Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...
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Species
- Genus Acanthopale
- Acanthopale albosetulosa
- Acanthopale aethiopica
- Acanthopale azaleoides
- Acanthopale confertiflora
- Acanthopale decempedalisAcanthopale decempedalisAcanthopale decempedalis is a species of plant in the Acanthaceae family. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
- Acanthopale longipilosa
- Acanthopale pubescens
- Acanthopale tetrasperma
Generally unaccepted species
- Acanthopale cameronensis
- Acanthopale cuneifolia
- Acanthopale humblotii
- Acanthopale madagascariensis
- Acanthopale ramiflora
Synonyms
- Acanthopale laxiflora (syn. Acanthopale decempedalisAcanthopale decempedalisAcanthopale decempedalis is a species of plant in the Acanthaceae family. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
) - Acanthopale cameronica (syn. Acanthopale decempedalisAcanthopale decempedalisAcanthopale decempedalis is a species of plant in the Acanthaceae family. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
) - Dischistocalyx laxifloris (syn. Acanthopale decempedalisAcanthopale decempedalisAcanthopale decempedalis is a species of plant in the Acanthaceae family. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
) - Acanthopale buchholzii (syn. Dischistocalyx grandifolius)