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Taxon

Acanthus mollis L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 639. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Acanthus mollis--Italy. Abruzzo. Abbazia di San Clemente,  e. of Popoli. 7  May  02. 074.jpg

Acanthus mollis--Italy. Abruzzo. Abbazia di San Clemente, e. of Popoli. 7 May 02. 074.jpg

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Acanthus mollis--Italy. Abruzzo. At Abazzia di San Clemente, San Clemente a Casauria, e. of Popoli. 7 May 02. 076.jpg

Acanthus mollis--Italy. Abruzzo. At Abazzia di San Clemente, San Clemente a Casauria, e. of Popoli. 7 May 02. 076.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Acanthus mollis--Italy. Tusacny. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 001.jpg

Acanthus mollis--Italy. Tusacny. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Acanthus mollis--Italy. Tusacny. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03.  003.jpg

Acanthus mollis--Italy. Tusacny. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Acanthus mollis--Italy. Tusacny. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03.  002.jpg

Acanthus mollis--Italy. Tusacny. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Acanthus mollis--Italy. Tusacny. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03.  004.jpg

Acanthus mollis--Italy. Tusacny. Univ. Firenze, Giardino dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Algeria, East Aegean Is., Greece, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Sicilia, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe; introduced into Azores, Baleares, California, Canary Is., Corse, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Kriti, Madeira, Mexico Central, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Portugal, South Australia, Spain, Tasmania, Victoria (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 7, 2002

Location

Italy, Abruzzo (Torino di Sangro)

42.226111, 14.553611

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Torino di Sangro. Strada Communale Lentisco.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 22, 2003

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Giardino dei Semplici)

Location Remarks

Via Pier Antonio Micheli, 3, Firenze (Florence). On the campus of the University of Florence.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Acanthus

Specific Epithet

mollis

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#252,741 of 335,497

Top 76%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →