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Acanthophyllum

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Acanthophyllum
Acanthophyllum mucronatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Acanthophyllum
C.A.Mey.
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Allochrusa Bunge ex Boiss.
  • Czeikia Ikonn.
  • Diaphanoptera Rech.f.
  • Kabulianthe (Rech.f.) Ikonn.
  • Kuhitangia Ovcz.
  • Ochotonophila Gilli
  • Scleranthopsis Rech.f.
  • Timaeosia Klotzsch

Acanthophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae with about 75 species, spread in the Irano-Turanian area.[2]

Description

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Small, shrubby perennial plants with spiny leaves. Flowers white or pink, sessile in solitary or globose heads. Spiny bracts. Calyx cylindrical, with 5 teeth. Petals 5, entire or retuse. Stamens 20. Capsule ovoid, irregularly dehiscent from base. Reniform seeds.[3]

Taxonomy

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The genus was described by Carl Anton von Meyer and published in Verzeichness der Pflanzen des Caspischen Meeres 210, 1831.[3] The type species is Acanthophyllum mucronatum C.A.Mey.

Acanthophyllum squarrosum in Iran

Species

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As of March 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Acanthophyllum C.A.Mey.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-03-17
  2. ^ Mahmoudi Shamsabad, M.; Vaezi, J.; Memariani, F. & Joharchi, M.R. (2012), "A new species and a new record of Acanthophyllum C.A.Mey. (Caryophyllaceae) from northeast of Iran", Iran. J. Bot., 18 (1)
  3. ^ a b "Acanthophyllum", Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 27 October 2013

Bibliography

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  1. Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
  2. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980–2005. Fl. Pakistan Univ. of Karachi, Karachi.