| Acanthocladus | |
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| Acanthocladus tehuelchum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Polygalaceae |
| Genus: | Acanthocladus Klotzsch ex Hassk. |
| Species | |
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Acanthocladus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygalaceae. Species of the genus are native to South America. [1] [2]
The following species are recognised in the genus Acanthocladus: [2]
The Lamiaceae or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, hyssop, thyme, lavender, and perilla, as well as other medicinal herbs such as catnip, salvia, bee balm, wild dagga, and oriental motherwort. Some species are shrubs, trees, or, rarely, vines. Many members of the family are widely cultivated, not only for their aromatic qualities, but also their ease of cultivation, since they are readily propagated by stem cuttings. Besides those grown for their edible leaves, some are grown for decorative foliage. Others are grown for seed, such as Salvia hispanica (chia), or for their edible tubers, such as Plectranthus edulis, Plectranthus esculentus, Plectranthus rotundifolius, and Stachys affinis. Many are also grown ornamentally, notably coleus, Plectranthus, and many Salvia species and hybrids.
The Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 27 genera and ca. 900 known species of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in one genus, Polygala, the milkworts.
Sauvagesia is a genus of plants in the family Ochnaceae. It includes 49 species native to the tropical Americas, tropical Africa, and Madagascar.
Harpalyce is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes 35 species of shrubs and small trees native to the tropical Americas. Their distribution is disjunct, ranging from Mexico to Nicaragua, Cuba, and northern to southeastern Brazil and Bolivia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest, warm-temperate humid forest, woodland, bushland and thicket, shrubland, and grassland. Most species are evergreen and flower during the dry season.
Ctenodon is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes 64 species which range from the southern United States through Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and northern South America as far as northeastern Argentina.
Cantinoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native primarily to New World, with some species introduced in the old world.
Hebecarpa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. Species are found from the southern United States through Mexico and Central America to western South America.
Asemeia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. It includes 36 species native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, ranging from the southeastern United States through Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and tropical South America to northern Argentina.
Mesosphaerum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to the New World Tropics and Subtropics. Two species, Mesosphaerum pectinatum and Mesosphaerum suaveolens, have been introduced to the Old World, with M. suaveolens found in the tropics of Africa, Asia and Australia.
Caamembeca is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae.
Bredemeyera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae.
Cyanocephalus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Oocephalus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Pleurophora is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lythraceae.
Eplingiella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Gymneia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Leptohyptis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Martianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Medusantha is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Physominthe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
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