| Acanthus eminens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Acanthus |
| Species: | A. eminens |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthus eminens C.B. Clarke (1899) | |
Acanthus eminens is a species of flowering plant in the genus Acanthus . It is primarily found in the tropical regions of Eastern Africa, particularly in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. [1]
It is a perennial shrub that typically grows up to 3 m (9.8 ft) tall. It has pinnatifid, dark green leaves with deeply lobed margins. The flowers are produced in tall, dense spikes, being purple or violet, [2] [a] or blue in colour. [3] It suffers from fragmentation, pollinator limitation, and inbreeding. [4]
ACANTHUS eminens C. B. Clarke [Family: ACANTHACEAE]
Information : Glabrate, 6–8 ft high. Inflorescence pubescent. Leaves 10 × 4 in., pinnatifid, spinous, with almost no petiole. Spike 9 × 2 1/2 in.; bracts scarcely 1 in. long, ovate, barely acute, with several spines along the margin; bracteoles 1/4 in. long, subulate, not spinous. Calyx soft, not spinescent; posticous segment 1 1/5 × nearly 1/2 in., broadly oblong, not lanceolate towards the apex; anticous segment of the same size and shape, 2-nerved, minutely emarginate at the tip; 2 innermost segments 2/3–3/4 in. long, lanceolate. Corolla 2 in. long, purple (Scott-Elliot). Ovary large, with a hemispherical cap; style densely short-hairy in the lower half.
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A shrub about 7 feet high, with large pinnatifid spinous leaves about 10 inches long and purple flowers 2 inches long in short spikes. Native to eastern tropical Africa.
Acanthus eminens (Blue eminens) A blue flowering shrub up to 10 ft. high with thistle like leaves, prefers a shady position or cool most climate.
... those on the capitals of Greek columns, but as prickly as thistles (Acanthus eminens) and having the usual straight spike of bloom, but bright-blue flowers.
Acanthus eminens, similar to the above but with blue flowers, and prefers cool moist conditions and shade.
... and of the bright blue, flowering spikes of Acanthus eminens grew under the canopy of this forest.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Also, ecosystem processes like plant-pollinator networks are affected due to changes in population sizes, microclimate and species ranges. Results show, that the forest depending shrub Acanthus eminens (Acanthaceae) indeed suffers due to forest fragmentation, showing pollinator limitation as well as inbreeding depression.
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