Acanthostyles

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Acanthostyles
"Acanthostyles buniifolius"
Acanthostyles buniifolius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Acanthostyles
R.M.King & H.Rob.

Acanthostyles is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1971.[1][2][3]

The entire genus is endemic to South America.[1]

Species[4]
  1. Acanthostyles buniifolius (Hook. ex Hook. & Arn.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Rio Grande do Sul, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay
  2. Acanthostyles saucechicoensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Argentina

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1971. Phytologia 22: 111-112
  2. ^ D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
  3. ^ Tropicos, Acanthostyles R.M. King & H. Rob.
  4. ^ The Plant List search for Acanthostyles