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9130.000 Acanthospermum
Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62
Description of the genus
Annual herbs (in ours). Leaves opposite, undulate or dentate. Capitula small, enlarging in fruit, solitary, radiate, heterogamous. Ray florets female, fertile with a very short yellowish ray; disk florets bisexual, sterile. Phyllaries in 2 series: outer herbaceous; inner covered in hooked spines, enveloping closely the achenes of the female flowers. Receptacle convex, with scales. Achenes of ray florets oblong, smooth, each tightly enfolded in one of the enlarged spiny phyllaries; achenes of disk florets abortive. Pappus 0. Worldwide: 6 species in tropical America; some introduced to Old World |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| australe (Loefl.) Kuntze | M | Description, Image |
| glabratum (DC.) Wild | GI | Description, Image |
| hispidum DC. | N,MS,M | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Acanthospermum:
Flora of Zimbabwe: AcanthospermumePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Acanthospermum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Acanthospermum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Acanthospermum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Acanthospermum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Acanthospermum
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