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Acanthus is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical and warm temperate regions, ...
Acanthus arboreus grows best in well-draining soil under full sun to partial shade and is adaptable to cooler climates, enduring temperatures as low as –5°C. [4] The plant features spoon-shaped, spiny-edged green leaves and produces pink flowers on tall stems during summer. It can reach heights of 4 to 19 feet and is known for its drought ...
Acanthus guineensis is a species of flowering plant in the genus of Acanthus. It is native to Western Tropical Africa to Congo . This species grows primarily in wet tropical biomes .
Acanthus flexicaulis is a species of flowering plant in the genus of Acanthus. [3] It is native to Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra . [ 4 ] It was first described by Dutch botanist, Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp in 1955.
Acanthaceae (/ æ k æ n ˈ θ eɪ s iː ˌ aɪ,-s i ˌ i /) is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs , shrubs , or twining vines; some are epiphytes .
It is a shrub reaching heights of 1 to 3.6 meters. The leaves, measuring 5–15 cm in length and 2–7 cm in width, are sinuate-lobed. Bracts are lanceolate, approximately 18–25 mm long, with three parallel veins, a spinose tip, and spinose-dentate margins.
Acanthus hungaricus, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Acanthus, native to the Balkan peninsula, including Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, European Turkey, and the former Yugoslavia. [1] This plant is also cultivated in many European and American gardens. It grows to 80 cm tall, with basal clusters of deeply lobed and cut leaves.
Acanthus (plant), a genus containing plants used for ornament and in traditional medicine Acanthus (ornament) , ornamental forms in architecture using the leaf shape Acanthus , an entomological term for a thornlike projection on an insect , typically a single-celled cuticular growth without tormogen (socket) or sensory cells