Acanthophyllum

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

See text

Synonyms

Diaphanoptera Rech.f.

Acanthophyllum is a genus of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae with about 75 species, spread in the Irano-Turanian area.[1]

Description[]

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.[2]

Taxonomy[]

The genus was described by Carl Anton von Meyer and published in Verzeichness der Pflanzen des Caspischen Meeres 210, 1831.[2] The type species is C.A.Mey.

Acanthophyllum Bikh in Iran

Species[]

As of October 2019, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[3]

  • Sosn.
  • Schischk.
  • Freyn
  • (Gilli) Pirani
  • Podlech ex Schiman-Czeika
  • Schiman-Czeika
  • Schiman-Czeika
  • Rech.f.
  • Schiman-Czeika
  • Boiss.
  • Lipsky
  • (Boiss.) Trautv.
  • Boiss.
  • Acanthophyllum cerastioides (D.Don) Madhani & Zarre
  • (Preobr.) Schischk.
  • Boiss.
  • Vved.
  • Hand.-Mazz.
  • (Hedge & Wendelbo) Pirani
  • Mahmoudi & Vaezi
  • Bunge
  • Rech.f.
  • Bunge ex Boiss.
  • Bunge ex Boiss.
  • Stocks
  • Regel
  • (Boiss.) Madhani & Zarre
  • (Fenzl) Barkoudah
  • Schiman-Czeika
  • Gilli
  • Schischk.
  • Regel & Schmalh.
  • Schischk.
  • Schischk.
  • Schiman-Czeika
  • Boiss.
  • Schiman-Czeika
  • Schischk.
  • Hedge & Wendelbo
  • Edgew.
  • Schiman-Czeika
  • Yukhan. & Kuvaev
  • C.A.Mey.
  • (Rech.f.) Madhani & A.Pirani
  • Aytaç
  • Schiman-Czeika
  • Rech.f.
  • Regel & Herder
  • (Boiss.) A.Pirani & Rabeler
  • Schiman-Czeika
  • (Preobr.) Barkoudah
  • Hedge & Wendelbo
  • Schischk.
  • (Bunge) Boiss.
  • (Rech.f.) Barkoudah
  • Regel
  • (Akhtar) Schiman-Czeika
  • (Preobr.) Schischk.
  • (Kurz) Madhani & Zarre
  • Bunge ex Boiss.
  • Schiman-Czeika
  • (Desf.) C.A.Mey.
  • Boiss.
  • Freyn
  • (Thomson ex Edgew. & Hook.f.) Barkoudah
  • Boiss.
  • Schischk.
  • (Schischk.) Schischk.
  • (Gabrieljan & Dittrich) A.Pirani & Rabeler
  • Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • C.A.Mey.
  • Hedge & Wendelbo
  • Joharchi & Pirani

References[]

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Acanthophyllum", Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 27 October 2013
  3. ^ "Acanthophyllum C.A.Mey.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-10-27

Bibliography[]

  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.
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