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Acanthophyllum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Caryophyllaceae

Tribe
  
Caryophylleae

Order
  
Caryophyllales

Subfamily
  
Caryophylloideae

Rank
  
Genus

Acanthophyllum Acanthophyllum pungens Caryophyllaceae Kyrgyzstan Ispha Flickr

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Bufonia, Cardionema, Achyronychia, Holosteum

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

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Acanthophyllum Iran Zagros mountains Central part I Marijn

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.

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. The type species is Acanthophyllum mucronatum C.A. Mey.

Accepted Species

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

Acanthophyllum Acanthophyllum pungens Caryophyllaceae

  • Acanthophyllum acerosum Sosn.
  • Acanthophyllum aculeatum Schischk.
  • Acanthophyllum adenophorum Freyn
  • Acanthophyllum albidum Schischk.
  • Acanthophyllum andarabicum Podlech ex Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum andersenii Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum anisocladum Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum bilobum Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum borsczowii Litv.
  • Acanthophyllum bracteatum Boiss.
  • Acanthophyllum brevibracteatum Lipsky
  • Acanthophyllum caespitosum Boiss.
  • Acanthophyllum chloroleucum Rech.f. & Aellen
  • Acanthophyllum coloratum (Preobr.) Schischk.
  • Acanthophyllum crassifolium Boiss.
  • Acanthophyllum crassinodum Yukhan. & J.R.Edm.
  • Acanthophyllum cyrtostegium Vved.
  • Acanthophyllum diezianum Hand.-Mazz.
  • Acanthophyllum elatius Bunge
  • Acanthophyllum fissicalyx Rech.f.
  • Acanthophyllum glandulosum Bunge ex Boiss.
  • Acanthophyllum gracile Bunge ex Boiss.
  • Acanthophyllum grandiflorum Stocks
  • Acanthophyllum heratense Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum heterophyllum Rech.f.
  • Acanthophyllum kabulicum Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum kandaharicum Gilli
  • Acanthophyllum khuzistanicum Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum knorringianum Schischk.
  • Acanthophyllum korolkowii Regel & Schmalh.
  • Acanthophyllum korshinskyi Schischk.
  • Acanthophyllum krascheninnikovii Schischk.
  • Acanthophyllum kurdicum Boiss. & Hausskn.
  • Acanthophyllum lamondiae Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum laxiflorum Boiss.
  • Acanthophyllum laxiusculum Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum leucostegium Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum lilacinum Schischk.
  • Acanthophyllum longicalyx Hedge & Wendelbo
  • Acanthophyllum macrodon Edgew.
  • Acanthophyllum maimanense Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum microcephalum Boiss.
  • Acanthophyllum mikeschinianum Yukhan. & Kuvaev
  • Acanthophyllum mucronatum C.A.Mey.
  • Acanthophyllum oppositiflorum Aytaç
  • Acanthophyllum pachycephalum Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum pachystegium Rech.f.
  • Acanthophyllum pleiostegium Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum popovii (Preobr.) Barkoudah
  • Acanthophyllum pulcherrimum Hedge & Wendelbo
  • Acanthophyllum pulchrum Schischk.
  • Acanthophyllum pungens (Bunge) Boiss.
  • Acanthophyllum raphiophyllum (Rech.f.) Barkoudah
  • Acanthophyllum recurvum Regel
  • Acanthophyllum sarawschanicum Golenkin
  • Acanthophyllum scapiflorum (Akhtar) Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum schugnanicum (Preobr.) Schischk.
  • Acanthophyllum sordidum Bunge ex Boiss.
  • Acanthophyllum speciosum Schiman-Czeika
  • Acanthophyllum spinosum (Desf.) C.A.Mey.
  • Acanthophyllum squarrosum Boiss.
  • Acanthophyllum stenostegium Freyn
  • Acanthophyllum stewartii (Thomson ex Edgew. & Hook.f.) Barkoudah
  • Acanthophyllum stocksianum Boiss.
  • Acanthophyllum subglabrum Schischk.
  • Acanthophyllum tenuifolium Schischk.
  • Acanthophyllum verticillatum C.A.Mey.
  • Acanthophyllum xanthoporphyranthum Hedge & Wendelbo

    • Acanthophyllum Acanthophyllum pungens Caryophyllaceae

    Acanthophyllum Acanthophyllum pungens Caryophyllaceae

    Acanthophyllum Acanthophyllum pungens Caryophyllaceae

    References

    Acanthophyllum Wikipedia
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