Acanthus mollis
Synonymy
Source: Marhold, K. (2011+): Acanthaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
- =Acanthus longifolius, Encycl. Suppl. 1: 88. 1810 [is earlier homonym of Acanthus longifolius 1831]
Content
Distribution
● AE Ag Bl(M N) Cg Co Ct -Cy Ga(F) Hs It LS Ma Sa Si(M S) Tn Tu(?A E) [nAE(G) Az(F L M P T) Bl nCa(C G T) nCr nGr Hs(S) Lu Md(M)]
Euro+Med endemicA: Algeria native ‒ nativeB; Azores introducedC,D,E (Faial introducedD,F, Flores introducedD,F, Pico introducedD,F, São Miguel introducedD,F, Terceira introducedF); Baleares introducedB,E,G (Mallorca nativeH,I, Menorca nativeH,I); Canary islands (Gomera naturalisedD,J, Gran Canaria naturalisedD,J, Tenerife naturalisedD,J); Corsica native ‒ nativeA,B,E; Crete, with Karpathos naturalisedK,L; Croatia nativeM,N; Cyprus native: reported in errorO; East Aegean islands nativeB (Greek East Aegean islands naturalisedK,L); Former Yugoslavia nativeB,E; France, with Channel is. and Monaco (France native ‒ nativeB,E); Greece naturalisedK,L; Italy, with San Marino and Vatican City native ‒ nativeB,E; Lebanon-Syria nativeB; Madeira archipelago (Madeira island introducedD,P); Montenegro nativeQ; Morocco native ‒ nativeB; Portugal introducedB,C,E,H; Sardinia nativeB,E; Sicily, with Malta nativeE (Malta nativeB, Sicily nativeB); Spain, with Gibraltar and Andorra native ‒ nativeB,E (Spain introducedG,H); Tunisia native ‒ nativeB; Turkey (Turkey, Asiatic part native: presence questionableB, Turkey-in-Europe nativeB)
Common Names
Aragonese (Spain): yerba gigantaR; Basque (Spain): akantoR, malorriR, molo horrikaR, molohorricaR, molorrikaR; Catalan; Valencian (Spain): acantR, ala d'angelR, ala d'àngelR, branca ursinaR, cameraR, canam de bruxasR, carneraR, carueraR, cànem de bruixaR, cànem de bruixesR, gegantaR, herba carneraR, herba carueraR, herba gegantR, herba gegantaR, orella de rataR, orella de tataR; Galician (Spain): acanthoR, acantoR, acanto-mansoR, cardo santoR, cepeiraR, erva-giganteR, gigantaR, herba carneiraR, herba cepeiraR, herba da bruxaR, herba das espinasR, herba das estacasR, herba gigantaR, herba xigantaR, pé de osoR, pé de ossoR, pé de ursoR, xigantaR, ás de anxoR; Majorcan (Mallorca): carneraR, carnera comunaR, carueraR, herba carneraR, herba carueraR; Portuguese (Portugal): acanthoR, acantho mansoR, acantoR, acanto-mansoR, branca ursinaR, branca ursina de ItaliaR, branca ursina dos italianosR, branca-ursinaR, cepeiraR, erva gigantaR, erva giganteR, erva-giganteR, giganteR, herba cepeiraR, herba da bruxaR, melafolioR, pé de ursoR, pé-de-ursoR; Spanish; Castilian (Spain): acantoR, ala de ángelR, ala montesinaR, alas de ángelR, alcantoR, branca medicinalR, branca ursinaR, carderonaR, carneraR, carneronaR, carnerunaR, flor de ArgelR, gigantaR, giganteR, giganteaR, herba giganteR, hierba calderonaR, hierba carderonaR, hierba cardoneraR, hierba carneronaR, hierba de la culebraR, hierba gigantaR, hierba giganteR, hierba gigantinaR, lampazoR, nazarenosR, nazarenos de AndalucíaR, oreja de giganteR, oreja giganteR, yerba carderonaR, yerba gigantaR, yerba giganteR, ácereR; Valencian (Spain): carneraR, carnera dolsaR, herba gegantaR
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