Diaphanoptera
''Acanthophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae with about 75 species, spread in the Irano-Turanian area. Description Small, shrubby perennial plants with spiny leaves. Flowers white or pink, sessile in solitary or globose heads. Spiny bracts. Calyx cylindrical, with 5 teeth. Petals 5, entire or retuse. Stamens 20. Capsule ovoid, irregularly dehiscent from base. Reniform seeds. Taxonomy The genus was described by Carl Anton von Meyer and published in ''Verzeichness der Pflanzen des Caspischen Meeres'' 210, 1831. The type species is '' Acanthophyllum mucronatum'' C.A.Mey. Species , ''Plants of the World Online'' accepted the following species: *'' Acanthophyllum acerosum'' Sosn. *'' Acanthophyllum aculeatum'' Schischk. *''Acanthophyllum adenophorum'' Freyn *'' Acanthophyllum allochrusoides'' (Gilli) Pirani *'' Acanthophyllum andarabicum'' Podlech ex Schiman-Czeika *'' Acanthophyllum andersenii'' Schiman-Czeika *'' Acanthophyllum anisocladum'' ...
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