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Anacantha
Sign in to saveAnacantha is a group of thistles in the daisy family, first described as a genus in 1956 with the name Modestia. This was later to be regarded as an illegitimate homonym, and so in 1982 the name was changed to Anacantha.
Species
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyCompositae
Native toTadzhikistan, Uzbekistan
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- MO, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Russian Federation
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Anacantha is a group of thistles in the daisy family, first described as a genus in 1956 with the name Modestia. This was later to be regarded as an illegitimate homonym, and so in 1982 the name was changed to Anacantha.
The entire genus is native to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
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