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Acanthus (plural: acanthus, rarely acanthuses (English) or acanthi (Latin), or feminine form - acantha) is the Latinized form of the Greek acanthos or akanthos. It can also be used as the prefix acantho-, meaning "thorny". It may refer to:

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Botany

  • Acanthus (plant), in botany, is both a common name and a genus of flowering plant

Architecture

  • Acanthus (ornament), form in architecture and in leather carving derived from the acanthus plant.

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Fiction

  • Acanthus are a fictional path of enchanters, magicians and witches in White Wolf's Mage: the Awakening RPG

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Acanthus may refer to:


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See also acanthus

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Proper noun

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Acanthus

  1. a taxonomic genus, within family Acanthaceae - the acanthuses
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Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Euasterids I
Ordo: Lamiales
Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Acantheae
Genus: Acanthus
Species: A. arborescens - A. arboreus - A. balcanicus - A. barteri - A. boissieri - A. capensis - A. carduaceus - A. carduifolius - A. caroli-alexandri - A. caudatus - A. ciliaris - A. cristatus - A. delilei - A. dioscoridis - A. doloarin - A. dusenii - A. ebracteatus - A. edulis - A. eminens - A. flamandi - A. flexicaulis - A. furcatus - A. gaed - A. glaber - A. glaucus - A. glomeratus - A. grandiflorus - A. guineensis - A. hirsutus - A. hispanicus - A. humilis - A. hungaricus - A. ilicifolius - A. imbricatus - A. integrifolius - A. kirkii - A. latifolius - A. latisepalus - A. leucostachyus - A. longibracteatus - A. longifolius - A. longipetiolatus - A. lusitanicus - A. macer - A. maderaspatanus - A. maderaspatensis - A. mayaccanus - A. mollis - A. montanus - A. mucronatus - A. neoguineensis - A. niger - A. nitidus - A. pectinatus - A. perringi - A. platyphyllus - A. polystachyus - A. ponticus - A. procumbens - A. pubescens - A. pungens - A. raddei - A. repandus - A. repens - A. rubens - A. sennii - A. seretii - A. spathularis - A. spinosissimus - A. spinosus - A. spinulosus - A. straussii - A. syriacus - A. tetragonus - A. ueleensis - A. ugandensis - A. vandermeireni - A. verus - A. villaeanus - A. volubilis - A. xiamenensis

Name

Acanthus Tourn. ex L.

References

Species Plantarum 2: 639. 1753.

Vernacular names

Svenska: Akantusar
Türkçe: Ayıpençesi







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