- Acanthella
Taxobox | name = "Acanthella"
status =
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Myrtales
familia =Melastomataceae
genus = "Acanthella"
genus_authority =Hook. f.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text"Acanthella" is a genus of two species in the family
Melastomataceae , native to tropical South America.;Species
*"Acanthella pulchra" Gleason. Venezuela
*"Acanthella sprucei" Hook. f. BrazilReferences
*Groger A, Renner SS. 1997. Leaf anatomy and ecology of the Guayana endemics Acanthella sprucei and A. pulchra (Melastomataceae). "BioLlania" ed. especial no.6. 369-374 (1997)
External links
* [http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/botart/viewPlates.cfm?myfamily=Melastomataceae Catalog of Botanical Illustrations, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Plate No. 700 "Acanthella sprucei" extracted from "Flora de Venezuela"] .
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