- Source: Acanthophyllum
Acanthophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae with about 75 species, spread in the Irano-Turanian area.
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.
Taxonomy
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.
Species
As of March 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
References
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.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Caryophyllaceae
- Flora Lebanon
- Acanthophyllum
- Acanthophyllum cerastioides
- Acanthophyllum takhtajanii
- Acanthophyllum elatius
- Caryophyllaceae
- MBQ
- Kitob District
- Kafbikh
- Coleophora afghana
- Coleophora acanthophylli
