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Acanthocephalus
Acanthocephalus is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, described as a genus in 1842.
The genus is native to Central Asia.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Acanthocephalus benthamianus
speciesAcanthocephalus benthamianus

Acanthocephalus amplexifolius
speciesAcanthocephalus amplexifolius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 446676.