Anthacanthus spinosus (Jacq.) Nees
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Acanthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A shrub, erect or diffuse, 2 m. high or less, the long slender branches pubescent or glabrous, the stiff subulate spines more or less recurved, 4-12 mm. long. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous or nearly so, ovate to oblong, elliptic or oblanceolate, 3-20 mm. long, obtuse, acute or emarginate at the apex, narrowed or obtuse at the base, the midvein rather prominent, the lateral venation obscure, the petioles very short; flowers few or solitary at the axils; peduncles 6-10 mm. long; calyx 3-4 mm. long, its lobes lanceolate, acute; corolla purple or violet, puberulent or glabrous, its tube about 8 mm. long, its oblong lobes about as long as the tube; style filiform, about 10 mm. long; capsule about 2 cm. long; seeds wrinkled, 2-3 mm. in diameter.
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Discussion
Scrub-lands and thickets, throughout the archipelago from Great Bahama and Andros to Eleuthera, Watling's Island. Caicos Islands and Inagua : Jamaica ; Cuba to Virgin Gorda, and Martinique. Recorded by Mrs. Northrop, by Coker. and by Lindau as A. acicularis (Sw.) Nees, which is known to us only from Jamaica. Races differ in pubescence, in size and shape of leaves, and in length of spines. Prickly Bush
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Distribution
Great Bahama and Andros to Eleuthera, Watling's Island. Caicos Islands and Inagua : Jamaica ; Cuba to Virgin Gorda, and Martinique.
Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Jamaica South America| Cuba South America| Virgin Gorda Virgin Islands South America| Martinique South America|