Acanthospermum

Genus of flowering plants

Acanthospermum
Acanthospermum australe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Millerieae
Subtribe: Melampodiinae
Genus: Acanthospermum
Schrank, 1820
Synonyms[1]
  • Centrospermum Kunth
  • Echinodium Poit. ex Cass.
  • Orcya Vell.

Acanthospermum is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, also known as starburrs or starburs. It was described as a genus in 1820.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Species

As of July 2023[update], Plants of the World Online has 6 accepted species:[1]

  • Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze - South America
  • Acanthospermum consobrinum S.F.Blake - Paraguay
  • Acanthospermum glabratum (DC.) Wild. - Southeast Brazil
  • Acanthospermum hispidum DC. - South America
  • Acanthospermum humile (Sw.) DC. - West Indies
  • Acanthospermum microcarpum B.L.Rob. - Ecuador including Galápagos

References

  1. ^ a b Kew Science Plants of the World Online, retrieved 14 July 2020
  2. ^ Schrank, Franz von Paula von. 1820. Plantae Rariores Horti Academici Monacensis 2(6): , pl. 53
  3. ^ "Tropicos". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  • Media related to Acanthospermum at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Acanthospermum at Wikispecies
Taxon identifiers
Acanthospermum


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