Acanthopale
Genus of flowering plants
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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.
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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] | |
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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)
