Acanthophyllum
Sign in to saveAcanthophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae with about 75 species, spread in the Irano-Turanian area.
Species
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyCompositae
General: Acanthophyllum is an Irano-Turanian genus with about 60
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 170
- With media
- 32
- Family
- Ptenophyllidae
- Collections
- USNM, KU, MO
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Iran, Tajikistan, Germany
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
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- Parent taxon
- Caryophylleae
- Image
- Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte (1836) (17578232684).jpg
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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.
==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.
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