Mangrove Reference Database and Herbarium (MRDH)

WoRMS taxon details

Acanthus L.

AphiaID

344738 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344738)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Acanthaceae

Direct children (4)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl
Species Acanthus ilicifolius L.
Species Acanthus volubilis Wall.
Species Acanthus xiamenensis R.T.Zhang accepted as Acanthus ilicifolius L. (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/669#/summary [details]

Taxonomic citation

Dahdouh-Guebas F. (Ed.) (2025). World Mangroves database. Acanthus L.. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344738 on 2025-02-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-04-18 08:18:21Z

created

Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid

2021-10-22 14:04:00Z

changed

Christenhusz, Maarten

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/669#/summary [details]

Definitions

[show lower level...]

Language	Name
Swedish	akantusar	[details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthus)
To ITIS

Website and databases developed and hosted by VLIZ
Page generated 2025-02-09 GMT+1 · contact: Farid Dahdouh-Guebas