Acicarpha

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Calyceraceae
Genus: Acicarpha
Species: A. bonariensis – A. obtusisepala – A. procumbens – A. runcinata – A. spathulata – A. tribuloides
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acicarpha in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 10. Reference page.

Name

Acicarpha Juss. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 2: 347, pl. 58. (1803)

Type species: Acicarpha tribuloides Juss. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 2: 347, pl. 58.

Synonymy

Cryptocarpha Cass. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 34 (1817)
Sommea Bory Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 6: 94 (1820)
Acanthosperma Vell. Fl. Flumin. 8: t. 152 (1831)
Echinolema J.Jacq. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 8 (1836)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Brazil
Brazil Northeast
Brazil South
Brazil Southeast
Southern South America
Argentina Northeast
Argentina Northwest
Argentina South
Paraguay
Uruguay
Western South America
Bolivia
Peru

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Jussieu, A.L. 1803. Mémoire Sur l'Acicarpha et le Boopis, deux genres nouveaux de plantes de la famille des Cinarocephales. Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 2: 345-350, pl. 58. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Cassini, A.H.G. de 1817. Aperçu des Genres nouveaux dans la famille des Synanthérées. Troisième fascicule. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique 1817: 31–34. BHL Reference page.
De Candolle, A.P. 1836. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 5: Sistens Calycereas et Compositarum tribus priores. 706 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page.
Vellozo, J.M. 1831 ["1827"]. Florae Fluminensis Icones, Senefelder, Parisiis [Paris]. Vol. VIII: 165 pp. BHL Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Acicarpha. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 18. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Acicarpha in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acicarpha. Published online. Accessed: Jul 18 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acicarpha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 18.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acicarpha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

cicarpha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Calyceraceae, native to drier areas of southern South America.[2] They prefer to grow alongside rivers or the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.[3]
Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Acicarpha bonariensis (Pers.) Herter
Acicarpha obtusisepala Marchesi
Acicarpha procumbens Less.
Acicarpha runcinata Miers
Acicarpha tribuloides Juss.

References

Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 2: 347 (1803)
"Acicarpha Juss". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
Denham, Silvias.; Zavala-Gallo, Lucio; Johnson, Leigha.; Pozner, Raúl (2016). "Insights into the phylogeny and evolutionary history of Calyceraceae". Taxon. 65 (6): 1328–1344. doi:10.12705/656.7.