MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Acanthus names


Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :





Much work remains to be done by taxonomists to sort this genus. We suspect that there has been some confusion in particular between the authority name "Host" and the abbreviation "hort."



Acanthus eminens C. B. Clarke

ENGLISH :  African acanthus.



Acanthus ilicifolius L.

CHINESE :  老鼠簕  Lǎo shǔ lè.

ENGLISH :  Holly-leaved acanthus.

GERMAN :  Stechpalmenblättrige Bärenklau.

JAPANESE :  アカンサス・イリキフォリウス  Akansasu irikiforiusu.

TURKISH :  Çobanpüskülü yaprakli ayi pençesi.



Acanthus longifolius Host.

SYNONYM(S) : Acanthus longifolius Host.

GERMAN :  Langblättrige Bärenklau.

TURKISH :  Uzun yaprakli ayi pençesi.



Acanthus mollis L.   

SYNONYM(S) :  Acanthus hispanicus Loudon, Acanthus latifolius hort., Acanthus latifolius E. Goeze, Acanthus longifolius Host. (nom. illegit.), Acanthus longifolius Poir., Acanthus lusitanicus auct., Acanthus mollis L. subsp. platyphyllus Murb., Acanthus mollis L. var. latifolius E. Goeze, Acanthus mollis L. var. niger Willd., Acanthus niger Mill., Acanthus platyphyllus Murb.

ARABIC :   أقنتوس Aqenetus .

CATALAN :  Acant.

CHINESE :   虾蟆花  Há ma huā,  老 鼠簕  Lǎo shǔ lè

CZECH :  Paznehtuik mĕkký .

DANISH :  Akantus, Blød akantus.

DUTCH :  Acanthus.

ENGLISH :  Artists' acanthus, Bear's breeches, Bearsfoot, Brank-ursin, Greek acanthos, Oak-leaf bear's-breeches, Oyster plant (Aust.), Sea-dock, Sea-holly.

FINNISH :   Akantti, Kreikanakantti.

FRENCH :  Acanthe, Acanthe à feuilles molles, Acanthe molle , Acanthe sans épines, Acantu (Corsica), Branc ursine, Branche-ursine, Branc-ursine, Brancursine, Branque-ursine, Patte d’ours, Pied d'ours.

GERMAN :  Akanthus, Bärenklau, Bärenklaue, Bärentatzen, Dornenloser Akanthus, Lang und wichblättrige Bärenklau (as var. latifolius), Pracht-Akanthus, Weichblättrige Bärenklau, Weiche Bärenklau, Weiche Schwarz-Bärenklau (as A. niger), Weicher Akanthus.

GREEK :  Áκανθα  Áκανθος.

HEBREW : קוציץ  Kotsitz.

HINDI :  अकंतुस मोरिस   Akantusa mōrisa.

HUNGARIAN :  Akantusz, Hosszú levelű medveköröm (as A. longifolius), Medveköröm, Medvetalpfű,  Nyugati medveköröm (as A. mollis).

ITALIAN :  Acanti, Acanto, Acanto comune, Branca orsina, Brancalupo, Brancorsina, Marmoracia.

JAPANESE :  アカンサス Akansasu, アカンサス・モリス   Akansasu morisu.

PERSIAN :   گندل   Gandal,   کنگر  Kangar,   کنگرها  Kangar ha .

POLISH :  Akant miękki.

PORTUGUESE :  Acanthus, Acanto, Acanto-grego (Brazil), Erva-gigante.

RUSSIAN :  Aкант Akant.

SERBIAN :  Aкант  Akant.  Mечја шапа Mečja šapa,  Tраторак Tratorak.

SLOVAKIAN :  Akant mäkký

SPANISH :  Acanthus, Acanto, Ala de angel, Hierba giganta.

SWEDISH :  Akantus, Björnkloört, Mjukakantus.

TURKISH :  Kenger otu, Uzun ve yumusak yaprakli ayi pençesi  (as var. latifolius), Yumusak kara ayi pençesi (as A. niger), Yumusak yaprakli ayi pençesi. 



Acanthus montanus (Nees) T. Anderson

ENGLISH :  Mountain thistle.

GERMAN :  Gebirgs-Akanthus.



Acanthus spinossimus Pers.

SYNONYM(S) :  Acanthus spinosus auct., non L.

GERMAN :  Sehr dornige Bärenklau.

TURKISH :  Çok dikenli ayi pençesi.


It is not clear if this is a distinct taxon or simply a synonym of Acanthus spinosissimus Pers. and therefore of Acanthus spinosus L. or yet another synonym of Acanthus mollis L.



Acanthus spinosus L.

SYNONYM(S) :  Acanthus caroli-alexandri Hausskn., Acanthus spinosissimus Pers., Acanthus spinulosus Host

CHINESE :  刺老鼠簕  Cì lǎo shǔ lè.

CZECH :  Paznehtuik osnitý .

ENGLISH :  Prickly acanthus, Spiny acanthus, Spiny bear's breeches .

FRENCH :  Acanthe épineuse.

GERMAN :  Dorniger Akanthus, Stachelige Bärenklau, Stachliger Akanthus.

GREEK :   Άκανθα η ακανθώδης  Ákantha i̱ akanthó̱di̱s, Άκανθος η αγκαθωτή Ákanthos i̱ ankatho̱tí̱,  Aγκαθωτή  άκανθος  Ankatho̱tí̱ ákanthos,  Aττερουνιά Atterouniá, Κοινή άκανθος  Koiní̱ ákanthos,  Μουτρίνα Moutrína,   Μουτζούνα Moutzoúna, Τσουκλαδίτσα Tsoukladítsa, Τσουλακίδα Tsoulakída..

HUNGARIAN :  Tüskés medveköröm .

ITALIAN :  Acanto spinoso.

SPANISH :  Acanto espinoso.

SWEDISH :  Taggakantus.

TURKISH :  Dikenli ayipençesi.



Acanthus syriacus Boiss.

ARABIC :   ارث اقنتا   ,   كف الدب  Kaff al deb ,     Shawk al jamal  شوك الجمل   .

ENGLISH :  Syrian bear's breeches.

FRENCH :  Acanthe de Syrie.

GERMAN :  Syrische Bärenklau.

HEBREW :  Kotsitz Suri 
קוציץ סורי  .

TURKISH :  Surya ayi pençesi.






 REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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Specific & complementary






Sue Eland, 1991-2013, Plant biographies.  < http://www.plantlives.com/ >. Botanical names, synonyms, Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish names.

SERVAIS Pascale
& SEBA Pierre, 2011, Tilo Botanica: Flore de Tilos et du Dodécanèse (Flora of Tilos and of the Dodecanese). English Translations by BRADBURY Brenda & Howard, and LEONARD Stéphane. < http://www.tilo-botanica.eu/Tilo_Botanica/Index_A-CH.html >. Botanical names, synonyms, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Spanish names.

Sevki Akalin
, 1907 -  1990, Plant-Database -  Pflanzen-Datenbank - Bitkiler Bilgi Tabani Latin -  German - English - Turkish Plant list.  < http://akalin.de/pflanzen/  >.  Botanical names, English, German, and Turkish names.

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl? (July 2013). (GRIN)





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