Taxon: Acanthus mollis L.

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• artist's acanthus   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• bear's-breeches   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• oak-leaf bear's-breeches   (Source: Trop Flow Pl ) – English
  
• sea-dock   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• acanthe molle   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• Pracht-Akanthus   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• acanto   (Source: Ezscurra, p.c.) – Spanish
  
• mjukakantus   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander Ency; F BritStace)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Syria
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Croatia; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Malta
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey - Giresun, Trabzon
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - South Australia, Tasmania
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Turkey - Edirne, Istanbul
  Southwestern Europe: Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• also cultivated worldwide

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Ezcurra, C. 2011. Review of Acanthaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e–mail on 31 Mar. [re. common names].
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezola.
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. [introd.].
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Wasshausen, D. C. & J. R. I. Wood. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 49:10.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). [mentions].
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Acanthus mollis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Acanthus mollis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Acanthus mollis.

Check other web resources for Acanthus mollis L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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