''Acanthospermum'' is a genus of plants in the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
, also known as starburrs or starburs. It was described as a genus in 1820.
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Taxonomy
Species
, ''Plants of the World Online'' has 7 accepted species:The Plant List search for ''Acanthospermum''
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* ''Acanthospermum australe
''Acanthospermum australe'' (Paraguayan starburr, ihi kukae hipa, Paraguay bur, Paraquay starbur, pipili, sheepbur, or spiny-bur) is a South American species of herbaceous plants first described as a species in 1758.
Distribution
The species i ...
'' (Loefl.) Kuntze - South America
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* '' Acanthospermum consobrinum'' S.F.Blake - Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
* '' Acanthospermum glabratum'' (DC.) Wild. - South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
* ''Acanthospermum hispidum
''Acanthospermum'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, also known as starburrs or starburs. It was described as a genus in 1820.
Taxonomy
Species
, ''Plants of the World Online'' has 7 accepted species:
* ''Acanthospermum australe'' ...
'' DC. - South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
* ''Acanthospermum humile
''Acanthospermum humile'' is a species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the West Indies but naturalized in parts of South America, Central America, and North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hem ...
'' (Sw.) DC. - West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater A ...
*'' Acanthospermum lecocarpoides'' B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Galapagos Islands
* '' Acanthospermum microcarpum'' B.L.Rob. - Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
including Galápagos
References
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Asteraceae genera
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