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	Acanthus hungaricus  (BORBAS) BAEN.

Fam.: Acanthaceae / Acanthus Fam.

Synon.:  Acanthus balcanicus  HEYWOOD & I.RICHARDSON

Genus:  Acanthus  L.

Authors:
	BORBAS:		Vincze von Borbás (1844 - 1905), Hungarian botanist
	BAEN.:		Karl Gabriel Baenitz (1837 - 1913), German teacher and botanist in Franconia
	HEYWOOD:		Vernon Hilton Heywood (1927 - 2022), British botanist
	I.RICHARDSON:		Ian Bertram Kay Richardson (1940 - ), English botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Acanthus:		Greek plant name, from ake = thorn
	hungaricus:		from Hungary
	balcanicus:		from the Balkans

Fig. 1:  Acanthus hungaricus / Hungarian Bear's Breech (cultiv.) D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 13.9.2008

Fig. 2:  Acanthus hungaricus / Hungarian Bear's Breech (cultiv.) D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 13.9.2008

Fig. 3:  Acanthus hungaricus / Hungarian Bear's Breech (cultiv.) D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 13.9.2008

Fig. 4:  Acanthus hungaricus / Hungarian Bear's Breech (cultiv.) D Bruchsal 23.6.2012

Fig. 5:  Acanthus hungaricus / Hungarian Bear's Breech (cultiv.) D Bruchsal 23.6.2012

Fig. 6:  Acanthus hungaricus / Hungarian Bear's Breech (cultiv.) D Bruchsal 23.6.2012

Fig. 7:  Acanthus hungaricus / Hungarian Bear's Breech (cultiv.) D Bruchsal 23.6.2012

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