Acanthocarpus (plant)

Acanthocarpus
Acanthocarpus preissii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
clade: Angiosperms
clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Lomandroideae
Genus: Acanthocarpus
Lehm.
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Lomandra sect. Acanthocarpus (Lehm.) Kuntze

Acanthocarpus is a genus placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae, in the APG III system of classification.[1] It has been difficult to place at family rank, being placed at various times in Dasypogonaceae as well as the Asparagaceae.[2]

Species include:[3]

References

  1. ^ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x 
  2. ^ "Asparagales". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-08. 
  3. ^ "Acanthocarpus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=ACANTHOCARPUS. Retrieved 2008-06-16.