Acanthochlamys

Acanthochlamys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Velloziaceae
Genus: Acanthochlamys
P.C. Kao
Species: A. bracteata
Binomial name
Acanthochlamys bracteata
P.C.Kao
Synonyms[1][2]

Acanthochlamys is a genus of herbaceous plants described as a genus in 1980.[3][4] It has long been included in the Amaryllidaceae, but more recent systems place it in the Velloziaceae. Kao in 1989 placed in its own family, the Acanthochlamydaceae.[5]

There is only one known species, Acanthochlamys bracteata, native to Tibet and Sichuan.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 273 芒苞草 mang bao cao Acanthochlamys bracteata P. C. Kao, Phytotax. Res. 1: 2. 1980.
  2. The Plant List, Acanthochlamys bracteata P.C.Kao
  3. Kao Pao-chung 1980. Phytotaxonomic Research. Chengdu 1:1
  4. Tropicos, Acanthochlamys P.C. Kao
  5. Kao Pao-chung 1989. Acta Botanica Sichuanica 1-14. Note: The journal was apparently printed privately by Kao to publish her own papers; see IPNI, http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPublicationSearch.do?back_page=&id=14662-2
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