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| name = ''Acanthus''
|familia=Acanthaceae
| common_names = Acanthus, Bear's breeches
|genus=Acanthus
| growth_habit = herbaceous
|common_name=Bear's breeches
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
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| lifespan = perennial
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'''''Acanthus''''' is a [[genus]] of about 30 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Acanthaceae]], native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the [[Roman World]], with the highest species diversity in the [[Mediterranean Basin]] and [[Asia]]. Common names include '''Acanthus''' and '''Bear's breeches'''. The generic name is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word ακανθος (''acanthos''), meaning "thorny."<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=esMPU5DHEGgC& |first=Umberto |last=Quattrocchi |title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C |year=2000 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=9780849326752 |page=23}}</ref>
The genus comprises [[Herbaceous plant|herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]]s, rarely [[subshrub]]s, with spiny leaves and flower [[raceme|spikes]] bearing white or purplish flowers. Size varies from {{convert|0.4|to|2|m|ft|abbr=on}} in height.
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Acanthus (akanthos, thorn). Acanthaceae. Bear's Breech. A genus of twenty species of temperate Old World, mostly hardy herbaceous perennials of vigorous growth and broad pinnatifid foliage, suitable for backgrounds of borders and subtropical effects.
Acanthus (akanthos, thorn). Acanthaceae. Bear's Breech. A genus of twenty species of temperate Old World, mostly hardy herbaceous perennials of vigorous growth and broad pinnatifid foliage, suitable for backgrounds of borders and subtropical effects.
==Species==
==Species==
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Selected species{{wp}}:
*''[[Acanthus balcanicus]]''
*''[[Acanthus balcanicus]]'' <small>Heywood & I.Richardson</small> (Syn. ''Acanthus hungaricus'' <small>([[Vincze von Borbás|Borbás]]) [[Carl Baenitz|Baenitz]]</small>, ''Acanthus longifolius'' <small>[[Nicolaus Thomas Host|Host]]</small>)
*''[[Acanthus dioscoridis]]''
*''[[Acanthus dioscoridis]]'' <small>[[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]]</small>
*''[[Acanthus ebracteatus]]''
*''[[Acanthus ebracteatus]]'' <small>[[Martin Vahl|Vahl]]</small>
*''[[Acanthus eminens]]''
*''[[Acanthus eminens]]'' <small>[[Charles Baron Clarke|C.B.Clarke]]</small>
*''[[Acanthus hirsutus]]''
*''[[Acanthus hirsutus]]'' <small>[[Pierre Edmond Boissier|Boiss.]]</small>
*''[[Acanthus ilicifolius]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
*''[[Acanthus ilicifolius]]''
*''[[Acanthus mollis]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
*''[[Acanthus mollis]]''
*''[[Acanthus montanus]]'' <small>[[Thomas Anderson (botanist)|T.Anders.]]</small>
*''[[Acanthus montanus]]''
*''[[Acanthus polystachyus]]'' <small>[[Alire Raffeneau-Delile|Delile]]</small>
*''[[Acanthus polystachyus]]''
*''[[Acanthus spinosus]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
*''[[Acanthus spinosus]]''
*''[[Acanthus syriacus]]'' <small>[[Pierre Edmond Boissier|Boiss.]]</small><ref name="GRINSpecies>{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?61 |title=Species Records of ''Acanthus'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |accessdate=2010-06-19}}</ref>
*''[[Acanthus syriacus]]''
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