''Acanthosyris'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
s in the family
Santalaceae
The Santalaceae, sandalwoods, are a widely distributed family of flowering plants (including small trees, shrubs, perennial plants, perennial herbs, and epiphyte, epiphytic climbersHewson & George t al.'Santalaceae'' taxonomy, 1984, pp. 191-1 ...
. It contains the following species:
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# '' Acanthosyris annonagustata'' C.Ulloa & P.M.Jørg.
# '' Acanthosyris asipapote'' M.Nee
# ''Acanthosyris falcata
''Acanthosyris'' is a genus of plants in the family Santalaceae
The Santalaceae, sandalwoods, are a widely distributed family of flowering plants (including small trees, shrubs, perennial plants, perennial herbs, and epiphyte, epiphytic climber ...
'' Griseb.
# '' Acanthosyris glabrata'' (Stapf) Stauffer ex Govaerts
# '' Acanthosyris paulo-alvinii'' G.M.Barroso
# ''Acanthosyris spinescens
''Acanthosyris spinescens,'' locally named Sombra de touro or quebradillo is a spiny, native tree with a native range in Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil. As a pioneer species
Pioneer species are resilient species that are the first to coloniz ...
'' (Mart. & Eichler) Griseb.
References
Santalaceae
Santalaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by August W. Eichler
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