Acanthospermum

Starburrs
Acanthospermum australe
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Acanthospermum
Schrank, 1820
Synonyms[1]

Centrospermum Kunth, rejected name[2]

Acanthospermum is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, also known as starburrs or starburs. It was described as a genus in 1820.[3][1]

Species[4]
  1. Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze - South America
  2. Acanthospermum consobrinum S.F.Blake - Paraguay
  3. Acanthospermum glabratum (DC.) Wild. - South Africa
  4. Acanthospermum hispidum DC. - South America
  5. Acanthospermum humile (Sw.) DC. - West Indies
  6. Acanthospermum microcarpum B.L.Rob. - Ecuador including Galápagos


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References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Acanthospermum Schrank
  2. ↑ Brummitt, Taxon 49: 265. 2000.
  3. ↑ Schrank, Franz von Paula von. 1820. Plantae Rariores Horti Academici Monacensis 2(6): , pl. 53
  4. ↑ The Plant List search for Acanthospermum
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