| Acanthophyllum | |
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| Acanthophyllum mucronatum | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Order: | Caryophyllales | 
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae | 
| Genus: | Acanthophyllum C.A.Mey.  | 
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Acanthophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae with about 75 species, spread in the Irano-Turanian area.[2]
Description
Small, shrubby perennial plants with spiny leaves. Flowers white or pink, sessile in solitary or globose heads. Spiny bracts. Calyx cylindrical, with 5 teeth. Petals 5, entire or retuse. Stamens 20. Capsule ovoid, irregularly dehiscent from base. Reniform seeds.[3]
Taxonomy
The genus was described by Carl Anton von Meyer and published in Verzeichness der Pflanzen des Caspischen Meeres 210, 1831.[3] The type species is Acanthophyllum mucronatum C.A.Mey.

Acanthophyllum squarrosum in Iran
Species
As of March 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]
- Acanthophyllum acerosum Sosn.
 - Acanthophyllum aculeatum Schischk.
 - Acanthophyllum adenophorum Freyn
 - Acanthophyllum afghanicum (Podlech) A.Pirani & Zarre
 - Acanthophyllum albidum Schischk.
 - Acanthophyllum allochrusoides (Gilli) Pirani
 - Acanthophyllum andarabicum Podlech ex Schiman-Czeika
 - Acanthophyllum andersenii Schiman-Czeika
 - Acanthophyllum anisocladum Schiman-Czeika
 - Acanthophyllum aphananthum Rech.f.
 - Acanthophyllum bilobum Schiman-Czeika
 - Acanthophyllum bracteatum Boiss.
 - Acanthophyllum brevibracteatum Lipsky
 - Acanthophyllum bungei (Boiss.) Trautv.
 - Acanthophyllum caespitosum Boiss.
 - Acanthophyllum cerastioides (D.Don) Madhani & Zarre
 - Acanthophyllum coloratum Schischk.
 - Acanthophyllum crassifolium Boiss.
 - Acanthophyllum cyrtostegium Vved.
 - Acanthophyllum diaphanopterum A.Pirani & Moazzeni
 - Acanthophyllum diezianum Hand.-Mazz.
 - Acanthophyllum eglandulosum (Hedge & Wendelbo) Pirani
 - Acanthophyllum ejtehadii Mahmoudi & Vaezi
 - Acanthophyllum ekbergii (Hedge & Wendelbo) A.Pirani & Rabeler
 - Acanthophyllum elatius Bunge
 - Acanthophyllum flavum (Dickoré & Freitag) A.Pirani & Rabeler
 - Acanthophyllum glandulosum Bunge ex Boiss.
 - Acanthophyllum gracile Bunge ex Boiss.
 - Acanthophyllum grandiflorum Stocks
 - Acanthophyllum gypsophiloides Regel
 - Acanthophyllum herniarioides (Boiss.) Madhani & Zarre
 - Acanthophyllum honigbergeri (Fenzl) Barkoudah
 - Acanthophyllum kabulicum Schiman-Czeika
 - Acanthophyllum kandaharicum Gilli
 - Acanthophyllum kermanense (Bornm.) A.Pirani & Rabeler
 - Acanthophyllum knorringianum Schischk.
 - Acanthophyllum korolkowii Regel & Schmalh.
 - Acanthophyllum korshinskyi Schischk.
 - Acanthophyllum krascheninnikovii Schischk.
 - Acanthophyllum lamondiae Schiman-Czeika
 - Acanthophyllum laxiflorum Boiss.
 - Acanthophyllum laxiusculum Schiman-Czeika
 - Acanthophyllum lilacinum Schischk.
 - Acanthophyllum lindbergii (Hedge & Wendelbo) A.Pirani & Oxelman
 - Acanthophyllum longicalyx Hedge & Wendelbo
 - Acanthophyllum luteum (Falat. & Mahmoodi) A.Pirani & Kovalchuk
 - Acanthophyllum maimanense Schiman-Czeika
 - Acanthophyllum makranicum (Rech.f.) A.Pirani & Rabeler
 - Acanthophyllum mikeschinianum Yukhan. & Kuvaev
 - Acanthophyllum mucronatum C.A.Mey.
 - Acanthophyllum myrianthum (Rech.f.) Madhani & A.Pirani
 - Acanthophyllum oppositiflorum Aytaç
 - Acanthophyllum pachycephalum Schiman-Czeika
 - Acanthophyllum pachystegium Rech.f.
 - Acanthophyllum paniculatum Regel & Herder
 - Acanthophyllum persicum (Boiss.) A.Pirani & Rabeler
 - Acanthophyllum pleiostegium Schiman-Czeika
 - Acanthophyllum popovii (Preobr.) Barkoudah
 - Acanthophyllum pulcherrimum Hedge & Wendelbo
 - Acanthophyllum pulchrum Schischk.
 - Acanthophyllum pungens (Bunge) Boiss.
 - Acanthophyllum raphiophyllum (Rech.f.) Barkoudah
 - Acanthophyllum recurvum Regel
 - Acanthophyllum sarawschanicum Golenkin
 - Acanthophyllum scapiflorum (Akhtar) Schiman-Czeika
 - Acanthophyllum schugnanicum Schischk.
 - Acanthophyllum sedifolium (Kurz) Madhani & Zarre
 - Acanthophyllum sordidum Bunge ex Boiss.
 - Acanthophyllum speciosum Schiman-Czeika
 - Acanthophyllum spinosum (Desf.) C.A.Mey.
 - Acanthophyllum squarrosum Boiss.
 - Acanthophyllum stenocalycinum (Rech.f. & Schiman-Czeika) A.Pirani & Moazzeni
 - Acanthophyllum stenostegium Freyn
 - Acanthophyllum stocksianum Boiss.
 - Acanthophyllum subglabrum Schischk.
 - Acanthophyllum tadshikistanicum (Schischk.) Schischk.
 - Acanthophyllum takhtajanii (Gabrieljan & Dittrich) A.Pirani & Rabeler
 - Acanthophyllum transhyrcanum G.Preobr.
 - Acanthophyllum versicolor Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
 - Acanthophyllum verticillatum C.A.Mey.
 - Acanthophyllum xanthoporphyranthum Hedge & Wendelbo
 - Acanthophyllum yasamin-nassehiae Joharchi & A.Pirani
 
References
- 1 2 "Acanthophyllum C.A.Mey.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-03-17
 - ↑ Mahmoudi Shamsabad, M.; Vaezi, J.; Memariani, F. & Joharchi, M.R. (2012), "A new species and a new record of Acanthophyllum C.A.Mey. (Caryophyllaceae) from northeast of Iran", Iran. J. Bot., 18 (1)
 - 1 2 "Acanthophyllum", Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 27 October 2013
 
Bibliography
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- Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
 - Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980–2005. Fl. Pakistan Univ. of Karachi, Karachi.
 
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