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896:antioxidant
882:snake bites
834:A. spinosus
764:East Africa
691:Thomson ex
644:Kurz (1870)
618:C.B. Clarke
295:butterflies
279:Acanthaceae
255:Raf. (1838)
252:Zonablephis
220:Raf. (1814)
156:Subfamily:
150:Acanthaceae
104:Angiosperms
1767:Categories
1171:2 February
1115:2017-12-13
1006:"acanthus"
910:References
468:C.B.Clarke
336:herbaceous
297:, such as
225:Cheilopsis
217:Acanthodus
1491:FloraBase
1247:129317332
1198:: 31–37.
904:Indonesia
878:hepatitis
840:A. mollis
802:A. mollis
679:T.Anders.
630:Wall. ex
343:subshrubs
341:, rarely
244:Dilivaria
236:Dilicaria
201:See text
170:Acantheae
74:Kingdom:
1719:VicFlora
1711:40030167
1706:Tropicos
1522:Acanthus
1457:Acanthus
1452:eFloraSA
1407:Acanthus
1386:Wikidata
1377:Acanthus
1357:Acanthus
1345:Acanthus
1307:Acanthus
1293:Acanthus
1212:38592501
1092:85054771
949:Acanthus
927:Acanthus
900:Thailand
870:diabetes
815:capitals
775:De Wild.
756:DR Congo
751:De Wild.
727:De Wild.
634:. (1832)
606:Vollesen
582:Dalmatia
522:syriacus
458:Islands.
412:Hausskn.
391:Vollesen
380:. (1775)
319:akanthos
305:Acanthus
266:Acanthus
208:Synonyms
195:Species
181:Acanthus
146:Family:
140:Lamiales
130:Asterids
117:Eudicots
36:Acanthus
1610:1383258
1558:3173198
1392:Q158091
1084:3997705
998:at the
980:ἄκανθος
874:leprosy
817:in the
677:(Nees)
520:subsp.
480:Bremek.
353:Species
314:ἄκανθος
176:Genus:
166:Tribe:
136:Order:
78:Plantae
1750:344738
1685:ACANT7
1680:PLANTS
1672:828090
1656:NZOR:
1623:500674
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1535:100149
1509:100149
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866:asthma
762:) and
717:Chiov.
705:Delile
620:(1899)
552:Borbás
539:region
532:Boiss.
524:(Syn.
511:Boiss.
490:Lindau
441:Willd.
430:Lindau
414:(Syn.
402:Griff.
378:Forssk
347:spikes
321:) for
291:nectar
231:(1832)
189:(1753)
1745:WoRMS
1649:13326
1605:IRMNG
1597:344-1
1584:70046
1517:FoAO2
1496:22079
1483:1ACUG
1470:60940
1431:72699
1243:S2CID
1208:S2CID
1088:S2CID
1080:JSTOR
785:Wall.
693:Oliv.
556:Baen.
271:genus
269:is a
124:Clade
111:Clade
98:Clade
85:Clade
1693:POWO
1644:NCBI
1618:ITIS
1592:IPNI
1566:GRIN
1553:GBIF
1478:EPPO
1426:APNI
1173:2019
1033:ISBN
902:and
837:and
758:and
632:Nees
577:Host
561:Syn.
453:Vahl
307:and
287:Asia
285:and
229:Moq.
1732:WFO
1631:NBN
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