Acanthophyllum

Acanthophyllum
Acanthophyllum mucronatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Subfamily: Caryophylloideae
Tribe: Caryophylleae
Genus: Acanthophyllum
C.A.Mey.
Species

See text.

Acanthophyllum is a genus of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. 107 species have been described and of these, only 68 are currently accepted.[1] about 60 species of Acanthophyllum C. A. Mey. (Caryophyllaceae,Caryophylloideae, Caryophylleae) spread in the Irano-Turanian area.[2]

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.[3]

Taxonomy

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.

Accepted Species

The following species of Acanthophyllum were accepted as of October 2013.

References

  1. Acanthophyllum in PlantList
  2. M. Mahmoudi Shamsabad, J. Vaezi , F. Memariani & M. R. Joharchi. a new species and a new record of acanthophyllum c. a. mey. (caryophyllaceae) from northeast of iran.IRAN. J. BOT. 18 (1), 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Acanthophyllum". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

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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