Biology:Acanthophyllum
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the pink family Caryophyllaceae
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| Acanthophyllum mucronatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Acanthophyllum C.A.Mey. |
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Acanthophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae with about 75 species, 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.
Species
(As of March 2023), Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]
- Acanthophyllum acerosum Sosn.
- Acanthophyllum aculeatum Schischk.
- Acanthophyllum adenophorum Freyn
- Acanthophyllum afghanicum (Podlech) A.Pirani & Zarre
- Acanthophyllum albidum Schischk.
- Acanthophyllum allochrusoides (Gilli) Pirani
- Acanthophyllum andarabicum Podlech ex Schiman-Czeika
- Acanthophyllum andersenii Schiman-Czeika
- Acanthophyllum anisocladum Schiman-Czeika
- Acanthophyllum aphananthum Rech.f.
- Acanthophyllum bilobum Schiman-Czeika
- Acanthophyllum bracteatum Boiss.
- Acanthophyllum brevibracteatum Lipsky
- Acanthophyllum bungei (Boiss.) Trautv.
- Acanthophyllum caespitosum Boiss.
- Acanthophyllum cerastioides (D.Don) Madhani & Zarre
- Acanthophyllum coloratum Schischk.
- Acanthophyllum crassifolium Boiss.
- Acanthophyllum cyrtostegium Vved.
- Acanthophyllum diaphanopterum A.Pirani & Moazzeni
- Acanthophyllum diezianum Hand.-Mazz.
- Acanthophyllum eglandulosum (Hedge & Wendelbo) Pirani
- Acanthophyllum ejtehadii Mahmoudi & Vaezi
- Acanthophyllum ekbergii (Hedge & Wendelbo) A.Pirani & Rabeler
- Acanthophyllum elatius Bunge
- Acanthophyllum flavum (Dickoré & Freitag) A.Pirani & Rabeler
- Acanthophyllum glandulosum Bunge ex Boiss.
- Acanthophyllum gracile Bunge ex Boiss.
- Acanthophyllum grandiflorum Stocks
- Acanthophyllum gypsophiloides Regel
- Acanthophyllum herniarioides (Boiss.) Madhani & Zarre
- Acanthophyllum honigbergeri (Fenzl) Barkoudah
- Acanthophyllum kabulicum Schiman-Czeika
- Acanthophyllum kandaharicum Gilli
- Acanthophyllum kermanense (Bornm.) A.Pirani & Rabeler
- Acanthophyllum knorringianum Schischk.
- Acanthophyllum korolkowii Regel & Schmalh.
- Acanthophyllum korshinskyi Schischk.
- Acanthophyllum krascheninnikovii Schischk.
- Acanthophyllum lamondiae Schiman-Czeika
- Acanthophyllum laxiflorum Boiss.
- Acanthophyllum laxiusculum Schiman-Czeika
- Acanthophyllum lilacinum Schischk.
- Acanthophyllum lindbergii (Hedge & Wendelbo) A.Pirani & Oxelman
- Acanthophyllum longicalyx Hedge & Wendelbo
- Acanthophyllum luteum (Falat. & Mahmoodi) A.Pirani & Kovalchuk
- Acanthophyllum maimanense Schiman-Czeika
- Acanthophyllum makranicum (Rech.f.) A.Pirani & Rabeler
- Acanthophyllum mikeschinianum Yukhan. & Kuvaev
- Acanthophyllum mucronatum C.A.Mey.
- Acanthophyllum myrianthum (Rech.f.) Madhani & A.Pirani
- Acanthophyllum oppositiflorum Aytaç
- Acanthophyllum pachycephalum Schiman-Czeika
- Acanthophyllum pachystegium Rech.f.
- Acanthophyllum paniculatum Regel & Herder
- Acanthophyllum persicum (Boiss.) A.Pirani & Rabeler
- 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 Schischk.
- Acanthophyllum sedifolium (Kurz) Madhani & Zarre
- Acanthophyllum sordidum Bunge ex Boiss.
- Acanthophyllum speciosum Schiman-Czeika
- Acanthophyllum spinosum (Desf.) C.A.Mey.
- Acanthophyllum squarrosum Boiss.
- Acanthophyllum stenocalycinum (Rech.f. & Schiman-Czeika) A.Pirani & Moazzeni
- Acanthophyllum stenostegium Freyn
- Acanthophyllum stocksianum Boiss.
- Acanthophyllum subglabrum Schischk.
- Acanthophyllum tadshikistanicum (Schischk.) Schischk.
- Acanthophyllum takhtajanii (Gabrieljan & Dittrich) A.Pirani & Rabeler
- Acanthophyllum transhyrcanum G.Preobr.
- Acanthophyllum versicolor Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Acanthophyllum verticillatum C.A.Mey.
- Acanthophyllum xanthoporphyranthum Hedge & Wendelbo
- Acanthophyllum yasamin-nassehiae Joharchi & A.Pirani
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Acanthophyllum C.A.Mey.", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:6156-1, retrieved 2023-03-17
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Acanthophyllum", Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40029994, retrieved 27 October 2013
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.
Wikidata ☰ Q8186572 entry
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