Acanthocalyx

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iAcanthocalyx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Dipsacaceae
Genus: Acanthocalyx
(DC) Tiegh.
Species

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Acanthocalyx is a genus of about three species in the family Dipsacaceae, sometimes included in Morinaceae, native to Sino-Himalayan Region.

Species
  • Acanthocalyx alba ( Hand.-Mazz. ) M.J.Cannon
  • Acanthocalyx delavayi ( Franchet ) M.J.Cannon
  • Acanthocalyx nepalensis ( D.Don ) M.J.Cannon

[edit] Reference

  • Cannon MJ, Cannon JFM. 1984. A revision of the Morinaceae (Magnoliophyta-Dipsacales). vol. 12. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Bot., 35p.