Genus of flowering plants in the pink family Caryophyllaceae
Acanthophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae with about 75 species, spread in the Irano-Turanian area.[2]
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.[3]
Taxonomy
The genus was described by Carl Anton von Meyer and published in Verzeichness der Pflanzen des Caspischen Meeres 210, 1831.[3] The type species is Acanthophyllum mucronatum C.A.Mey.
Acanthophyllum squarrosum in Iran
Species
As of March 2023[update] , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]
Acanthophyllum acerosum Sosn.
Acanthophyllum aculeatum Schischk.
Acanthophyllum adenophorum Freyn
Acanthophyllum afghanicum (Podlech) A.Pirani & Zarre
Acanthophyllum albidum Schischk.
Acanthophyllum allochrusoides (Gilli) Pirani
Acanthophyllum andarabicum Podlech ex Schiman-Czeika
Acanthophyllum andersenii Schiman-Czeika
Acanthophyllum anisocladum Schiman-Czeika
Acanthophyllum aphananthum Rech.f.
Acanthophyllum bilobum Schiman-Czeika
Acanthophyllum bracteatum Boiss.
Acanthophyllum brevibracteatum Lipsky
Acanthophyllum bungei (Boiss.) Trautv.
Acanthophyllum caespitosum Boiss.
Acanthophyllum cerastioides (D.Don) Madhani & Zarre
Acanthophyllum coloratum Schischk.
Acanthophyllum crassifolium Boiss.
Acanthophyllum cyrtostegium Vved.
Acanthophyllum diaphanopterum A.Pirani & Moazzeni
Acanthophyllum diezianum Hand.-Mazz.
Acanthophyllum eglandulosum (Hedge & Wendelbo) Pirani
Acanthophyllum ejtehadii Mahmoudi & Vaezi
Acanthophyllum ekbergii (Hedge & Wendelbo) A.Pirani & Rabeler
Acanthophyllum elatius Bunge
Acanthophyllum flavum (Dickoré & Freitag) A.Pirani & Rabeler
Acanthophyllum glandulosum Bunge ex Boiss.
Acanthophyllum gracile Bunge ex Boiss.
Acanthophyllum grandiflorum Stocks
Acanthophyllum gypsophiloides Regel
Acanthophyllum herniarioides (Boiss.) Madhani & Zarre
Acanthophyllum honigbergeri (Fenzl) Barkoudah
Acanthophyllum kabulicum Schiman-Czeika
Acanthophyllum kandaharicum Gilli
Acanthophyllum kermanense (Bornm.) A.Pirani & Rabeler
Acanthophyllum knorringianum Schischk.
Acanthophyllum korolkowii Regel & Schmalh.
Acanthophyllum korshinskyi Schischk.
Acanthophyllum krascheninnikovii Schischk.
Acanthophyllum lamondiae Schiman-Czeika
Acanthophyllum laxiflorum Boiss.
Acanthophyllum laxiusculum Schiman-Czeika
Acanthophyllum lilacinum Schischk.
Acanthophyllum lindbergii (Hedge & Wendelbo) A.Pirani & Oxelman
Acanthophyllum longicalyx Hedge & Wendelbo
Acanthophyllum luteum (Falat. & Mahmoodi) A.Pirani & Kovalchuk
Acanthophyllum maimanense Schiman-Czeika
Acanthophyllum makranicum (Rech.f.) A.Pirani & Rabeler
Acanthophyllum mikeschinianum Yukhan. & Kuvaev
Acanthophyllum mucronatum C.A.Mey.
Acanthophyllum myrianthum (Rech.f.) Madhani & A.Pirani
Acanthophyllum oppositiflorum Aytaç
Acanthophyllum pachycephalum Schiman-Czeika
Acanthophyllum pachystegium Rech.f.
Acanthophyllum paniculatum Regel & Herder
Acanthophyllum persicum (Boiss.) A.Pirani & Rabeler
Acanthophyllum pleiostegium Schiman-Czeika
Acanthophyllum popovii (Preobr.) Barkoudah
Acanthophyllum pulcherrimum Hedge & Wendelbo
Acanthophyllum pulchrum Schischk.
Acanthophyllum pungens (Bunge) Boiss.
Acanthophyllum raphiophyllum (Rech.f.) Barkoudah
Acanthophyllum recurvum Regel
Acanthophyllum sarawschanicum Golenkin
Acanthophyllum scapiflorum (Akhtar) Schiman-Czeika
Acanthophyllum schugnanicum Schischk.
Acanthophyllum sedifolium (Kurz) Madhani & Zarre
Acanthophyllum sordidum Bunge ex Boiss.
Acanthophyllum speciosum Schiman-Czeika
Acanthophyllum spinosum (Desf.) C.A.Mey.
Acanthophyllum squarrosum Boiss.
Acanthophyllum stenocalycinum (Rech.f. & Schiman-Czeika) A.Pirani & Moazzeni
Acanthophyllum stenostegium Freyn
Acanthophyllum stocksianum Boiss.
Acanthophyllum subglabrum Schischk.
Acanthophyllum tadshikistanicum (Schischk.) Schischk.
Acanthophyllum takhtajanii (Gabrieljan & Dittrich) A.Pirani & Rabeler
Acanthophyllum transhyrcanum G.Preobr.
Acanthophyllum versicolor Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Acanthophyllum verticillatum C.A.Mey.
Acanthophyllum xanthoporphyranthum Hedge & Wendelbo
Acanthophyllum yasamin-nassehiae Joharchi & A.Pirani