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Acanthus ilicifolius

Plant photographs and field observations.

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Species notes

About Acanthus ilicifolius

Acanthus ilicifolius (also recorded as Holy Mangrove) is an accepted species in the family Acanthaceae, within the order Lamiales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, and India. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.

Common name
Holy Mangrove
Family
Acanthaceae
Order
Lamiales
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, India

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy