Biology:Acicarpha

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Short description: Genus of Calyceraceae plants

Acicarpha
Acicarpha spathulata 2.jpg
Acicarpha bonariensis here given as Acicarpha spathulata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Calyceraceae
Genus: Acicarpha
Juss.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Acanthosperma Vell.
  • Cryptocarpha Cass.
  • Echinolema J.Jacq. ex DC.
  • Sommea Bory

Acicarpha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Calyceraceae, native to drier areas of southern South America.[2] They prefer to grow alongside rivers or the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Acicarpha bupleuroides Less.
  • Acicarpha itatiaiae (Dusén) S.Denham & Pozner
  • Acicarpha juergensii (Pilg.) S.Denham & Pozner
  • Acicarpha obtusisepala Marchesi
  • Acicarpha procumbens Less.
  • Acicarpha spathulata R.Br.
  • Acicarpha tribuloides Juss.

References

  1. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 2: 347 (1803)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Acicarpha Juss.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:5596-1. 
  3. Denham, Silvias.; Zavala-Gallo, Lucio; Johnson, Leigha.; Pozner, Raúl (2016). "Insights into the phylogeny and evolutionary history of Calyceraceae". Taxon 65 (6): 1328–1344. doi:10.12705/656.7. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2823174 entry