Acanthopale Knowpia

Acanthopale
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
	12; see text

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.

Species edit

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 edit

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

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Acanthopale C.B.Clarke. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ "ACANTHOPALE C. B. Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE] on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org.
^ 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.