page_title: Acanthophyllum
section_title: Taxonomy
hierarchical_section_title: Acanthophyllum / Taxonomy
caption_attribution_description: English: Acanthophyllum squarrosum in Iran Bikh
context_page_description: Acanthophyllum is a genus of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae with about 75 species, spread in the Irano-Turanian area.
context_section_description: The genus was described by Carl Anton von Meyer and published in Verzeichness der Pflanzen des Caspischen Meeres 210, 1831. The type species is Acanthophyllum mucronatum C.A.Mey.
caption: Acanthophyllum Bikh in Iran
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