Acanthophyllum
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
Genus: | Acanthophyllum C.A.Mey. |
Species | |
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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.
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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[]
- ^ 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)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Acanthophyllum", Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 27 October 2013
- ^ "Acanthophyllum C.A.Mey.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-10-27
Bibliography[]
- Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Fl. Pakistan Univ. of Karachi, Karachi.
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Categories:
- Caryophyllaceae
- Caryophyllaceae genera