| Source: | Marhold, K. (2011): Acanthaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
 
 
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                            | Name: | Acanthus spinosus L. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Sp. Pl.: ""939"" [639]. 1753 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Species | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Asteranae
 Ordo - Lamiales
 Familia - Acanthaceae Juss.
 Genus - Acanthus L.
 
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                            | Synonyms: | Acanthus caroli-alexandri Hausskn. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Acanthus spinosissimus Pers. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Acanthus spinosus subsp. spinosissimus (Pers.) Zangh. | 
                          
                          
                            | Misapplied names: | "Acanthus hirsutus" sec. auct. | 
						  
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		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | ● AE Ag Al Bu Cr Ct Gr It Tu(A) |