Acanthospermum hispidum

Acanthospermum hispidum
in Goa, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Acanthospermum
Species:	A. hispidum
Binomial name
Acanthospermum hispidum D.C. 1836 not A.Chev. 1920

Acanthospermum hispidum (bristly starbur, goat's head, hispid starburr, starbur) is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae, which is native to Central and South America.^[1][2][3] This plant is cited as a weed in cotton culture in Brazil, and it is also used as a medicinal plant. It is also naturalized in many scattered places in Eurasia, Africa, North America, etc.^[4][5][6][7]

References

1. Berendsohn, W.G.; Araniva de González, A.E. (1989). "Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Dicotyledonae, Sympetalae (pro parte): Labiatae, Bignoniaceae, Acanthaceae, Pedaliaceae, Martyniaceae, Gesneriaceae, Compositae". Cuscatlania 1 (3): 290:1–290:13.
2. Cabrera, A.L. (1978). Cabrera, A.L., ed. Compositae 10. Buenos Aires: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. pp. 1–726.
3. Serrano, M.; Terán, J. (1998). Identific. Esp. Veg. Chuquisaca. Sucre: PLAFOR, Intercooperación, Fundación Ceibo. pp. 1–129.
4. "Acanthospermum hispidum de Candolle". Flora of North America 21. p. 37.
5. "刺苞果 ci bao guo Acanthospermum hispidum". Flora of China. 20-21. p. 865.
6. Wild, H (1967). "The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area". I. Kirkia 6 (1): 1–62.
7. Humbert, H. (1941). "Contributions a l'etude de la flore de Madagascar et des Comores (fascicule 2)". Notul. Syst. (Paris) 9: 95–111.

External links

Media related to Acanthospermum hispidum at Wikimedia Commons

• Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk: Acanthospermum hispidum
• University of Florida: Acanthospermum hispidum
• (Portuguese) Acanthospermum hispidum photos

• Acanthospermum hispidum in West African plants – A Photo Guide.

Data related to Acanthospermum hispidum at Wikispecies