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.

Acanthopale
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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

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12 species are accepted:[1]

Formerly placed here

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Dischistocalyx grandifolius C.B.Clarke (as Acanthopale buchholzii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke)

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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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