Acanthus ilicifolius

Acanthus ilicifolius L., Sp. Pl. 639 1753. (Syn: Acanthus doloarin Blanco; Acanthus ilicifolius var. subinteger Nees; Acanthus neoguineensis Engl.; Dilivaria ilicifolia (L.) Juss.);

a-KANTH-us — Greek: ákantha (thorn); also spine or spike … Dave’s Botanary
il-liss-ee-FOH-lee-us — having leaves like a holly … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: holly-leaved acanthus, holly-leaved bear’s breech, holly mangrove, sea holly • Bengali: হাড়গোজা hargoza, কটকি kataki, নীল টেংরাকাঁটা nila tenrakanta • Gujarati: હરગોજા hargoja, કાંટાળીયો kantaliyo Hindi: हड़कत harkata • Kannada: ಹೊಳೆ ಚುಳ್ಳಿ hole chulli, ಕಂಡ್ಲಾ ಚುಳ್ಳಿ kaandla chulli • Konkani: मारांडो maramdo • Malayalam: ചുള്ളി chulli, ചുള്ളിക്കണ്ടൽ chullikkantal, പയിങ്ങാച്ചുള്ളി payingngaachchulli • Marathi: मारांडी marandi, निवगूर nivagur, वागाटी vagati • Odia: ହାକୁଚ କଣ୍ଟା hakucha kanta, ହାଡ଼କାଠ harda katha, ହାଡ଼କଞ୍ଚି hardakanchi • Sanskrit: हरीकुसा harikusa • Tamil: ஆற்றுமுள்ளி arru-mulli, கழுதைமுள்ளி kalutai-mulli, கோழிமுள்ளி koli-mulli, உப்புக்கரிநீர்முள்ளி uppu-k-kari-nir-mulli • Telugu: అలస్యకంప alasyakampa, అలిసి alisi, ఏటిచిల్ల etichilla, తూడిచిల్ల thude chulli • Tulu: ತುದೆಚುಳ್ಳಿ tudechulli • Urdu: هڙکت harkata

Names bibliography at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2020/09/acanthus-ilicifolius-l.html

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Acanthus ilicifolius@Devbagh beach resort.: Acanthus ilicifolius @Devbagh beach resort.
A mangrove species.

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Dear members sending the photograph of Acanthus ilicifolius from Bhitarkanika

Name of the species: Acanthus ilicifolius

Acanthaceae Fortnight ::Acanthus ilicifolius :: Mumbai::: PKA-MAR101/101:: : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)

“Acanthus ilicifolius” from Mumbai.
locally known as Marandi.

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Acanthaceae Fortnight ::Acanthus ilicifolius :: Navi Mumbai::: PKA-MAR102/102:: : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (7)

Acanthus ilicifolius from Navi Mumbai:

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Plant for ID-PC-27-24.08.2015 : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3)

Please identify the plant from Warsaw University green house. I will be grateful.

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It seems Acanthus ilicifolius to me (aka Sea Holly)

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Acanthus Species for sure.

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Looks like Acanthus ilicifolius L: Check these websites :
http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=341516
http://indiabiodiversity.org/observation/show/272340

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I agree with Acanthus ilicifolius as the most likely ID.

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via Species‎ > ‎A‎ > ‎Acanthus ilicifolius

commonly known as: holly-leaved acanthus, holly mangrove, sea holly • Bengali: hargoza • Hindi: हड़कत harkata •Kannada: ಹೊಳೆಸುಳ್ಳಿ holesulli • Konkani: मारांडो maramdo • Malayalam: ചക്കരമുള്ള് chakkaramullii • Marathi: मारंडी marandi, वागाटी vagati • Sanskrit: हरीकुसा harikusa • Tamil: கழுதைமுள்ளி kalutaimulli • Telugu: ఆలస్యకంప alasyakampa • Urdu: هڙکت harkata

Please click on any name listed for this plant to view bibliographical details, AND if you would like to

• provide any (new) name(s) in native script
• comment and let know if it is in error
• add any belief OR reasoning OR interesting note for its derivation

If you know of any name(s) for this plant not listed here, please comment by clicking here.

If you know that the botanical name is no longer current accepted name, please comment by clicking here.

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The contents in the above post shows a typical page of my site.
The site is very closely associated to our group and Flowers of India site and draws inspiration from both of them.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The site makes an attempt to gather and share common names of the plants found in our country. My favourite say: The common names are just as important as the scientific names. Strangely — 1) some of the names are not common at all, and we may find them not known to us — 2) some of the common plants have no name at all !!

Started the first page somewhere in Dec 2010, and to date have finished compiling just about 30 species of Acanthaceae.
Building of the site is going to be a slow perennial process. Present activity is populating the names of native plants.

The main focus of the site is validating the names that are put there, therefore the members of this group are earnestly requested to point out errors in the common names listed for the species. The regional names put in native script require stricter attention in terms of incorrect spelling.

Members are also requested to provide any names that are not found listed for the species.

Comments which help know the derivation of the common names are more than welcome.

As such the site is not botanically inclined; comment(s) earnestly sought from members with scientific background for maintaining the accuracy of species’ current (accepted) name and the synonym(s) listed.

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As and when time permits, I would be posting every species page in this group as a post to solicit validation of names from members of our group.
Needless to say, critical comments are more than welcome to make the site easier to use.

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Thats going to be nice and informative. I will have a proper look after my deadline.
There is no need to write CURRENT before names.
Why?
Because there is no current and previous name, there is just one name to a plant. When you say basionym then it means it is the name on
which other name is based.
Synonyms could be Synonyms and Basionyms. You may point on that.
You can also say Ilex leaved Acanthus as the name of the plant itself suggests. Holly is the common name for Ilex (ilex)….
Just a few thought…

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It looks good, …
I strongly suggest you to include author citation for all botanical names, incl. accepted names, basionyms, and synonyms. The (author) names should be in abbreviated form following Brummitt & Powell’s book “Authors of Plant Names” or the related database. I earlier suggested the same for FOI site as well.pl also include family name for all taxa.

at later stage, you may also like to provide the occurrence and distribution, brief description (not a technical one), local uses etc. for the benefit of users 🙂

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…, many thanks for the pointer towards author citation … BUT am a little nervous about getting into it (ideally need not, with so many friends around me with clear knowledge).
Yet would rather take someone’s help in this regard who will provide me with this data for every species that I post here.
Hopefully some friend(s) will come forward.Pankaj. many thanks for setting right the thoughts about “current” name … will soon incorporate it into my notes along with stress on synonyms (and basionym).
And thanks too for the ilex name … will add it.

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… forgot to respond to your other points.

About putting family names: had given a thought to it prior to settling at species level.
Cross-linking to each entlty becomes more and more cumbersome, especially when a change has to be effected.
Moving a whole lot of genera from one family into another will become more than a tough job.

“Names of Plants in India” is concentrated on getting to common names of a plant (read: particular species) as well as knowing different plants sharing a name,
Thus names and species are cross-indexed.

Occurrence, distribution, brief description, importance and uses are not in the scope of this site.
BUT it would be a great thing to happen if any person(s) keen about any of the subject(s) would go ahead to make sub-site(s).
Will be glad to give any starting assistance.

Later, at a macro-level all such information can be collated to form a detailed page for each species.

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Thanks …, for the response.

Everything depend on the aim of the site. If it is intended mainly for local users to know more about the plant, then the plant should be introduced by its local / common name. Botanical name becomes secondary and it is an additional information.
If it is in the line of eflora, and for international reference, then it should be in taxonomically acceptable form (with full author citation, family names, references, etc.).
You know the taxonomic databases to be referred for accepted name and author citation, GRIN, GBIF, IPNI to name a few. There is no authentic plant database which doesn’t provide author citation for the botanical names, u know that. And verifying the already prepared list for correctness will not be a problem for any botanist here, incl me.

I understand all the data are stored in a database and viewed in the species page. Therefore making changes in selected fields in the database (it automatically should reflect in the species page) shouldn’t be a problem i hope. Pl correct me if i am wrong.

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References:

The Plant List  GRIN  Flora of China  Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post  Flowers of India  Wikipedia 

mangrove flora: sea holly, jeruju putih (acanthus ilicifolius)  Acanthus ilicifolius 

sea holly (acanthus ilicifolius and ebracteatus): info fact sheet, photos  Acanthus ilicifolius