''Acanthophyllum'' is a

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Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactacea ...

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.

Taxonomy

The genus was described by Carl Anton von Meyer and published in ''Verzeichness der Pflanzen des Caspischen Meeres'' 210, 1831. The

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Acanthophyllum mucronatum ''Acanthophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family (biology), family Caryophyllaceae with about 75 species, spread in the Irano-Turanian area. Description Small, shrubby perennial plants with spiny leaves. Flowers white or pink, ses ...

'' C.A.Mey. Acanthophyllum squarrosum

Species

, '' Plants of the World Online'' accepted the following species: *'' Acanthophyllum acerosum'' Sosn. *'' Acanthophyllum aculeatum'' Schischk. *'' Acanthophyllum adenophorum'' Freyn *'' Acanthophyllum allochrusoides'' (Gilli) Pirani *'' Acanthophyllum andarabicum'' Podlech ex Schiman-Czeika *'' Acanthophyllum andersenii'' Schiman-Czeika *'' Acanthophyllum anisocladum'' Schiman-Czeika *''

Acanthophyllum aphananthum ''Acanthophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plant 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 o ...

Acanthophyllum ejtehadii ''Acanthophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plant 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 o ...

'' Mahmoudi & Vaezi *''

Acanthophyllum elatius ''Acanthophyllum elatius'' is a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. The species is perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the year ...

References

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. {{Taxonbar, from=Q8186572 Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae genera