''Acanthella'' is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family
Melastomataceae. This genus is native to tropical South America.
;Species
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Acanthella pulchra
''Acanthella'' is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. This genus is native to tropical South America.
;Species
*'' Acanthella pulchra'' Gleason. Venezuela
*'' Acanthella sprucei'' Hook.f. Brazil
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'' Gleason. Venezuela
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Acanthella sprucei
''Acanthella'' is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. This genus is native to tropical South America.
;Species
*''Acanthella pulchra
''Acanthella'' is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the ...
'' Hook.f. Brazil
References
*Groger A, Renner SS. 1997. Leaf anatomy and ecology of the Guayana endemics Acanthella sprucei and A. pulchra (Melastomataceae). ''BioLlania'' ed. especial no.6. 369-374 (1997)
External links
Catalog of Botanical Illustrations, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Plate No. 700 ''Acanthella sprucei'' extracted from ''Flora de Venezuela''
Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae genera
Neotropical realm flora
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker
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