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|common_name=Bear's breeches
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| image_caption = ''[[Acanthus montanus]]''
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
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| genus = '''''Acanthus'''''
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|image_caption=Acanthus mollis
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| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
 
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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>
  
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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 [[Old World]], with the highest species diversity in the [[Mediterranean region]] and [[Asia]]. Common names include '''Acanthus''' and '''Bear's breeches'''.  
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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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The genus comprises [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]]s, rarely [[subshrub]]s, with spiny leaves and flower [[raceme|spikes]] bearing white or purplish flowers. Size varies from 40 cm, up to 2 m tall.
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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.
  
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Height 3-4 ft.: spikes 1-1 1/2 ft. long; fls. dull white to rose or purplish, sessile, spicate, densely clustered; corolla 1-lipped, the lip 3-lobed; anthers 1-celled, ciliate. Mostly S. Eu.
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*''[[Acanthus balcanicus]]''
 
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*''[[Acanthus dioscoridis]]''
 
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*''[[Acanthus eminens]]''
 
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*''[[Acanthus hirsutus]]''
 
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*''[[Acanthus hungaricus]]''
 
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*''[[Acanthus ilicifolius]]''
 
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*''[[Acanthus mollis]]''
 
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*''[[Acanthus montanus]]''
 
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*''[[Acanthus polystachyus]]''
 
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*''[[Acanthus spinosus]]''
 
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*''[[Acanthus syriacus]]''
 
  
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===Cultivation and uses===
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They need a rich, light, well-drained soil and much sunshine. Excessive moisture is fatal, especially in winter and spring. Fall-planted stock should always be protected for the winter by long litter or evergreen boughs, even where established plants are hardy. Must be deeply mulched north in winter. Propagation is by division in spring or early autumn, and by seeds.
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[[Image:AcanthusmollisPalatineHill.jpg|thumb|left|''Acanthus mollis'' flowering in the ruins of the [[Palatine Hill]], Rome, May 2005]]
 
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Several species, especially ''A. spinosa'' and ''A. mollis'', are grown as [[ornamental plant]]s.  
 
  
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The foliage is the basis of a style of architectural ornamentation; see [[acanthus (ornament)]]. <br clear = left>
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It is supposed that acanthus leaves afforded the suggestion for the foliage decoration on the capital of the Corinthian and other columns. Fig. 85 shows the conventionalized decoration, and Fig. 86 the form of leaf of A. spinosus. The leaves of A. mollis were probably also involved in variations of decoration.{{SCH}}
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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*''[[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>)
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*''[[Acanthus dioscoridis]]'' <small>[[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]]</small>
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*''[[Acanthus ebracteatus]]'' <small>[[Martin Vahl|Vahl]]</small>
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*''[[Acanthus eminens]]'' <small>[[Charles Baron Clarke|C.B.Clarke]]</small>
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*''[[Acanthus hirsutus]]'' <small>[[Pierre Edmond Boissier|Boiss.]]</small>
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*''[[Acanthus ilicifolius]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
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*''[[Acanthus mollis]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
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*''[[Acanthus montanus]]'' <small>[[Thomas Anderson (botanist)|T.Anders.]]</small>
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*''[[Acanthus polystachyus]]'' <small>[[Alire Raffeneau-Delile|Delile]]</small>
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*''[[Acanthus spinosus]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
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*''[[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>
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==Gallery==
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Image:Acanthus montanus3.jpg| Acanthus montanus
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==References==
 
==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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*[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Acanthus&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Acanthus'']
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?61 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Acanthus'']
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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*[http://www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/0359-1.html Images of Acanthus]
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Latest revision as of 20:54, 15 September 2010


Acanthus mollis


Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Acanthus is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants 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 word ακανθος (acanthos), meaning "thorny."[1]

The genus comprises herbaceous perennial plants, rarely subshrubs, with spiny leaves and flower spikes bearing white or purplish flowers. Size varies from 0.4 to 2 m in height.


Read about Acanthus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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.

Height 3-4 ft.: spikes 1-1 1/2 ft. long; fls. dull white to rose or purplish, sessile, spicate, densely clustered; corolla 1-lipped, the lip 3-lobed; anthers 1-celled, ciliate. Mostly S. Eu.

They need a rich, light, well-drained soil and much sunshine. Excessive moisture is fatal, especially in winter and spring. Fall-planted stock should always be protected for the winter by long litter or evergreen boughs, even where established plants are hardy. Must be deeply mulched north in winter. Propagation is by division in spring or early autumn, and by seeds.

It is supposed that acanthus leaves afforded the suggestion for the foliage decoration on the capital of the Corinthian and other columns. Fig. 85 shows the conventionalized decoration, and Fig. 86 the form of leaf of A. spinosus. The leaves of A. mollis were probably also involved in variations of decoration.CH


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  1. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C. CRC Press. p. 23. ISBN 9780849326752. http://books.google.com/books?id=esMPU5DHEGgC&. 
  2. ↑ "Species Records of Acanthus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved on 2010-06-19.
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