Acanthella - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Acanthella is a genus of two species in the family Melastomataceae

Melastomataceae

right|thumb|200px|Characteristic venation of many melastomesThe family Melastomataceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics comprising some 200 genera and 4500 species...

, native to tropical South America.

Species

Acanthella pulchra Gleason. Venezuela
Acanthella sprucei Hook. f. Brazil

External links

Catalog of Botanical Illustrations, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Plate No. 700 Acanthella sprucei extracted from Flora de Venezuela.

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