Acanthophyllum
Sign in to saveAcanthophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae with about 75 species, spread in the Irano-Turanian area.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Acanthophyllum is referenced by 10 other articles, and connects out to Carl Anton von Meyer, plant and Wikidata.
Vinony files it under Caryophyllaceae and Caryophyllaceae genera.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyCompositae
General: Acanthophyllum is an Irano-Turanian genus with about 60
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 170
- With media
- 32
- Family
- Ptenophyllidae
- Collections
- USNM, KU, MO
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Iran, Tajikistan, Germany
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Caryophylleae
- Image
- Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte (1836) (17578232684).jpg
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- Acanthophyllum
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Encyclopedic overview
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Acanthophyllum is a genus of flowering plants 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 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.
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