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.
Taxonomy
The genus was described by Carl Anton von Meyer and published in Verzeichness der Pflanzen des Caspischen Meeres 210, 1831. The type species is Acanthophyllum mucronatum C.A.Mey.
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
Acanthophyllum acerosum
Acanthophyllum aculeatum
Acanthophyllum adenophorum
Acanthophyllum afghanicum
Acanthophyllum albidum
Acanthophyllum allochrusoides
Acanthophyllum andarabicum
Acanthophyllum andersenii
Acanthophyllum anisocladum
Acanthophyllum aphananthum
Acanthophyllum bilobum
Acanthophyllum bracteatum
Acanthophyllum brevibracteatum
Acanthophyllum bungei
Acanthophyllum caespitosum
Acanthophyllum cerastioides
Acanthophyllum coloratum
Acanthophyllum crassifolium
Acanthophyllum cyrtostegium
Acanthophyllum diaphanopterum
Acanthophyllum diezianum
Acanthophyllum eglandulosum
Acanthophyllum ejtehadii
Acanthophyllum ekbergii
Acanthophyllum elatius
Acanthophyllum flavum
Acanthophyllum glandulosum
Acanthophyllum gracile
Acanthophyllum grandiflorum
Acanthophyllum gypsophiloides
Acanthophyllum herniarioides
Acanthophyllum honigbergeri
Acanthophyllum kabulicum
Acanthophyllum kandaharicum
Acanthophyllum kermanense
Acanthophyllum knorringianum
Acanthophyllum korolkowii
Acanthophyllum korshinskyi
Acanthophyllum krascheninnikovii
Acanthophyllum lamondiae
Acanthophyllum laxiflorum
Acanthophyllum laxiusculum
Acanthophyllum lilacinum
Acanthophyllum lindbergii
Acanthophyllum longicalyx
Acanthophyllum luteum
Acanthophyllum maimanense
Acanthophyllum makranicum
Acanthophyllum mikeschinianum
Acanthophyllum mucronatum
Acanthophyllum myrianthum
Acanthophyllum oppositiflorum
Acanthophyllum pachycephalum
Acanthophyllum pachystegium
Acanthophyllum paniculatum
Acanthophyllum persicum
Acanthophyllum pleiostegium
Acanthophyllum popovii
Acanthophyllum pulcherrimum
Acanthophyllum pulchrum
Acanthophyllum pungens
Acanthophyllum raphiophyllum
Acanthophyllum recurvum
Acanthophyllum sarawschanicum
Acanthophyllum scapiflorum
Acanthophyllum schugnanicum
Acanthophyllum sedifolium
Acanthophyllum sordidum
Acanthophyllum speciosum
Acanthophyllum spinosum
Acanthophyllum squarrosum
Acanthophyllum stenocalycinum
Acanthophyllum stenostegium
Acanthophyllum stocksianum
Acanthophyllum subglabrum
Acanthophyllum tadshikistanicum
Acanthophyllum takhtajanii
Acanthophyllum transhyrcanum
Acanthophyllum versicolor
Acanthophyllum verticillatum
Acanthophyllum xanthoporphyranthum
Acanthophyllum yasamin-nassehiae
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.