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Acanthus mollis
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herbaceous perennial plant with an underground rhizome in the genus Acanthus
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*Acanthus mollis* is a species of plant within the family Acanthaceae. It belongs to the genus *Acanthus* and is classified under the order Lamiales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The organism is part of the kingdom Plantae. Common names for this species include bear's breeches, bear's breeches, troed yr arth, Acant, and Acantu.
The plant has been introduced to several regions, including the Azores, Baleares, California, the Canary Islands, Corse, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Kriti, Madeira, and Central Mexico. Records of *Acanthus mollis* are held by institutions such as ENCB-IPN, UACH, INECOL, CHSC, and SFSU, with occurrences documented in Mexico, the United States, and Australia.
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Vinony's link graph records 41 inbound references to Acanthus mollis, and connects out to tuber, sepal and Corinthian order.
It sits within the topics Acanthus (plant), Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus and Commons link from Wikidata.
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Species
Bear's breeches
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyAcanthaceae
Common Name: bear's breeches
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 495
- With media
- 401
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Collections
- ENCB-IPN, UACH, INECOL, CHSC, SFSU, SBBG
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Australia
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- netrnati akant
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- short name
- A. mollis
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Encyclopedic overview
Capital of a Corinthian pilaster in Paris
Acanthus mollis, commonly known as bear's breeches, sea dock, bear's foot plant, sea holly, gator plant or oyster plant, is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae and is native to the Mediterranean region. It is a leafy, clump-forming perennial herb, with a rosette of relatively large, lobed or toothed leaves, and purplish and white flowers on an erect spike.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acanthus mollis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.