Acicarpha
Genus of Calyceraceae plants
| Acicarpha | |
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| 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] | |
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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]
Species
Currently accepted species include:[2]
- Acicarpha bupleuroides Less.
- Acicarpha itatiaiae (Dusén) S.Denham & Pozner
- Acicarpha juergensii (Pilg.) S.Denham & Pozner
- Acicarpha obtusisepala Marchesi
- Acicarpha procumbens Less.
- Acicarpha spathulata R.Br.
- Acicarpha tribuloides Juss.
References
- ^ Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 2: 347 (1803)
- ^ a b c "Acicarpha Juss". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ 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.
