Acanthostyles Explained

Acanthostyles is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1971.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The entire genus is endemic to South America.^[1]

Species^[4]

1. Acanthostyles buniifolius (Hook. ex Hook. & Arn.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Rio Grande do Sul, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay
2. Acanthostyles saucechicoensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Argentina

Notes and References

1. King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1971. Phytologia 22: 111-112
2. D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40030120 Tropicos, Acanthostyles R.M. King & H. Rob.
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Acanthostyles The Plant List search for Acanthostyles