Anacantha

Anacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cardueae
Genus: Anacantha
(Iljin) Soják
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Modestia Kharadze & Tamamsch. 1956, illegitimate homonym, not Modesta Raf. 1838 (Convolvulaceae)
  • Cirsium section Anacantha Iljin

Anacantha is a group of thistles in the daisy family, first described as a genus in 1956 with the name Modestia.[3][4] This was later to be regarded as an illegitimate homonym, and so in 1982 the name was changed to Anacantha.[5][1]

The entire genus is native to Uzbekistan.[2]

Species[6][2]
  1. Anacantha darwasica (C.Winkl.) Soják - Uzbekistan
  2. Anacantha jucunda (C.Winkl.) Soják - Uzbekistan
  3. Anacantha mira (Iljin) Soják - Uzbekistan

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos Anacantha Sbo N
  2. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. ↑ Kharadze, Anna Lukianovna. 1956. Not. Syst. Geog. Inst. Bot. Tbhilis. 19: 40
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Modestia Kharadze & Tamamsch.
  5. ↑ Sborník Národního Muzea v Prazĕ. 1982. Řada B: Prírodni Vĕdy 1982: 108
  6. ↑ The Plant List, search for Anacantha

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