Are Melissa and Acanthopale both cultivated as ornamental plants?
Acanthopale Acanthopale is a plant genus in the Acanthaceae plant family. The genus name is based on the classic Greek words for thorn "ákantha" and stake "palum". Some species in the genus are cultivated as ornamental plants.
Acanthus Acanthus (plural: "acanthus", rarely "acanthuses" in English, or "acanthi" in Latin), in its feminine form acantha (plura: "acanthae"), is the Latinised form of the ancient Greek word acanthos or akanthos, referring to the "Acanthus" plant. It can also be used as the prefix acantho-, meaning "thorny". It may refer to: