Biology:Acanthocalyx

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae

Acanthocalyx
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily: Morinoideae
Genus: Acanthocalyx
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Species

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Acanthocalyx is a genus of about three species of plants in the family Caprifoliaceae,[1] sometimes included in Morinaceae, native to China -Himalayan Region.

Species
  • Acanthocalyx alba ( Hand.-Mazz. ) M.J.Cannon
  • Acanthocalyx delavayi ( Franchet ) M.J.Cannon
  • Acanthocalyx nepalensis ( D.Don ) M.J.Cannon

References

  1. "Acanthocalyx", The Plant List (version 1.1), http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Caprifoliaceae/Acanthocalyx/, retrieved 2014-09-19 
  • Cannon MJ, Cannon JFM. 1984. A revision of the Morinaceae (Magnoliophyta-Dipsacales). vol. 12. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Bot., 35p.

Wikidata ☰ Q4671889 entry