Acanthocarpus

Taxobox
name="Acanthocarpus"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Laxmanniaceae
genus = "Acanthocarpus"
genus_authority = Lehm.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.
synonyms=
* "Lomandra" sect. "Acanthocarpus" (Lehm.) Kuntze

"Acanthocarpus" is a genus of plants in the commelinids clade. It has been difficult to place at family rank, being placed at various times in Dasypogonaceae and Asparagaceae. The most recent study into the systematics of the Asparagales placed "Acanthocarpus" in Laxmanniaceae. [cite web | url = http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm | title = Asparagales | work = Angiosperm Phylogeny Website | accessdate = 2008-10-08]

Species include:cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=ACANTHOCARPUS|title="Acanthocarpus" |accessdate=2008-06-16|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra]
*"Acanthocarpus canaliculatus" A.S.George
*"Acanthocarpus humilis" A.S.George
*"Acanthocarpus parviflorus" A.S.George
*"Acanthocarpus preissii" Lehm.
*"Acanthocarpus robustus" A.S.George
*"Acanthocarpus rupestris" A.S.George
*"Acanthocarpus verticillatus" A.S.George
*"Acanthocarpus mucronatus" (R.Br.) J.F.Macbr.

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