Acanthophyllum cerastioides
| Chickweed baby's-breath | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Acanthophyllum |
| Species: | A. cerastioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthophyllum cerastioides (D.Don) Madhani & Zarre | |
| Synonyms | |
| Gypsophila cerastioides D.Don | |
Acanthophyllum cerastioides, the chickweed baby's-breath, is a perennial plant of the family Caryophyllaceae, found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, North India, Nepal, North Pakistan, and Sikkim, with a typical height of 10–27 cm.[1] Recent molecular studies show this species is a member of the genus Acanthophyllum rather than Gypsophila.[2]
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References
- ^ "Gypsophila cerastioides D. Don - Details - Encyclopedia of Life". Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
- ^ Madhani, Hossein; Rabeler, Richard; Pirani, Atefeh; Oxelman, Bengt; Heubl, Guenther; Zarre, Shahin (2018). "Untangling phylogenetic patterns and taxonomic confusion in tribe Caryophylleae (Caryophyllaceae) with special focus on generic boundaries". Taxon. 67 (1): 83–112. doi:10.12705/671.6. hdl:2027.42/146908. ISSN 1996-8175.