''Acanthus hirsutus'' is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
in the
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in te ...
family.
It contains the glycosides
hirsutusoide (2-(o-hydroxyphenyl)-2-hydroxyethenyl-O-beta-glucopyranoside),
luteolin-7-O-beta-D-glucuronide,
beta-sitosterol-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside and
(2R)-2-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3(4H)-one.
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hirsutus
Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier
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