Acicarpha

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]

Acicarpha
Acicarpha bonariensis here given as Acicarpha spathulata
Scientific classification
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

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Acicarpha bonariensis (Pers.) Herter
  • Acicarpha obtusisepala Marchesi
  • Acicarpha procumbens Less.
  • Acicarpha runcinata Miers
  • Acicarpha tribuloides Juss.

References
  1. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 2: 347 (1803)
  2. "Acicarpha Juss". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  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.
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