Acanthopale

For the genus of worms with this name, see Acanthopale (annelid).

Acanthopale is a plant genus of shrubs^[2] or subshrubs^[3] in the Acanthaceae plant family.^[1] The genus name is based on the classic Greek words for thorn ákantha and stake palum. Some species in the genus are cultivated as ornamental plants.

Acanthopale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Acanthoideae
Tribe:	Ruellieae
Genus:	Acanthopale C.B.Clarke (1899)
Species[1]
12; see text

Species

12 species are accepted:^[1]

• Acanthopale aethiogermanica Ensermu
• Acanthopale breviceps (Benoist) Callm. & Phillipson
• Acanthopale cuneifolia (Benoist) Callm. & Phillipson
• Acanthopale confertiflora (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
• Acanthopale decempedalis C.B.Clarke (synonym A. cameronica Bremek.)
• Acanthopale humblotii (Benoist) Callm. & Phillipson
• Acanthopale laxiflora (Lindau) C.B.Clarke (syn. Dischistocalyx laxiflorus Lindau)
• Acanthopale macrocarpa Vollesen
• Acanthopale madagascariensis (Baker) C.B.Clarke ex Bremek.
• Acanthopale perrieri (Benoist) Callm. & Phillipson
• Acanthopale pubescens (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
• Acanthopale ramiflora (Benoist) Callm. & Phillipson

Formerly placed here

Dischistocalyx grandifolius C.B.Clarke (as Acanthopale buchholzii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke)