Acanthophyllum C.A.Mey.

Genus

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae

Characteristics

Herbs suffruticose. Stems caespitose, erect, many branched. Leaves subulate or linear-lanceolate, spinose. Flowers in panicles, corymbs, or capitula; bracts leaflike, ovate, lanceolate, or needlelike, margin sometimes spinose. Calyx tubular or campanulate, membranous between veins, 5(--15)-veined, apex 5-toothed. Petals 5, red, rarely white; claw long, narrow; limb apically entire, rarely retuse. Gynophore short, rarely long. Stamens 10, in 2 series, those inserted opposite petals shorter. Ovary 1-loculed; ovules 4--10. Styles 2. Capsule suboblong or subglobose, membranous proximally, irregularly transversely dehiscent or toothed. Seeds 1 or 2, subreniform, slightly compressed; embryo annular.
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Distribution

Acanthophyllum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:6156-1
WFO ID wfo-4000000139
COL ID MBQ
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Synonyms

Acanthophyllum

Lower taxons

Acanthophyllum acerosum Acanthophyllum aculeatum Acanthophyllum andersenii Acanthophyllum coloratum Acanthophyllum krascheninnikovii Acanthophyllum mucronatum Acanthophyllum oppositiflorum Acanthophyllum pachycephalum Acanthophyllum pachystegium Acanthophyllum pleiostegium Acanthophyllum sarawschanicum Acanthophyllum schugnanicum Acanthophyllum speciosum Acanthophyllum spinosum Acanthophyllum squarrosum Acanthophyllum stenostegium Acanthophyllum stocksianum Acanthophyllum subglabrum Acanthophyllum tenuifolium Acanthophyllum verticillatum Acanthophyllum adenophorum Acanthophyllum albidum Acanthophyllum andarabicum Acanthophyllum anisocladum Acanthophyllum bilobum Acanthophyllum bracteatum Acanthophyllum brevibracteatum Acanthophyllum caespitosum Acanthophyllum crassifolium Acanthophyllum cyrtostegium Acanthophyllum diezianum Acanthophyllum elatius Acanthophyllum fissicalyx Acanthophyllum glandulosum Acanthophyllum gracile Acanthophyllum grandiflorum Acanthophyllum kabulicum Acanthophyllum kandaharicum Acanthophyllum knorringianum Acanthophyllum korolkowii Acanthophyllum korshinskyi Acanthophyllum lamondiae Acanthophyllum laxiflorum Acanthophyllum laxiusculum Acanthophyllum longicalyx Acanthophyllum maimanense Acanthophyllum popovii Acanthophyllum pulcherrimum Acanthophyllum pulchrum Acanthophyllum pungens Acanthophyllum raphiophyllum Acanthophyllum recurvum Acanthophyllum xanthoporphyranthum Acanthophyllum sordidum Acanthophyllum stewartii Acanthophyllum lilacinum Acanthophyllum macrodon Acanthophyllum mikeschinianum Acanthophyllum scapiflorum