Acanthospermum

Acanthospermum hispidum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Millerieae
Subtribus: Melampodiinae
Genus: Acanthospermum
Species: A. australe – A. consobrinum – A. glabratum – A. hispidum – A. humile – A. microcarpum

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Acanthospermum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 22. Reference page.

Name

Acanthospermum Schrank, Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac. t. 53 (1820)

• Type species: Acanthospermum brasilianum Schrank., Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac. t. 53 (1819) (= Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 303. (1891).)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Centrospermum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 212 (1818)
  • Echinodium Poit. ex Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 59: 235 (1829), not validly publ.
  • Orcya Vell. in Fl. Flumin.: 344 (1829)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Spouthern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regional: Northern South America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Introduced into: Alabama, Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Lesotho, Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Marquesas, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mississippi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Socotra, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schrank, F. v. P. 1820. Plantae Rariores Horti Academici Monacensis 2

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Acanthospermum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jan. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Acanthospermum. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 29 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Acanthospermum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Jan. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acanthospermum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: Acanthospermum.
• Acanthospermum Schrank – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Acanthospermum – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Kruipsterklitse
English: starbu
lietuvių: Dagišenis

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