Acantholimon
Encyclopedia
Acantholimon is a genus
of small flowering plants within the plumbago or leadwort family, Plumbaginaceae
. They are distributed from southeastern Europe
to central Asia
and also in South America
, but also cultivated elsewhere in rock garden
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small flowering plants within the plumbago or leadwort family, Plumbaginaceae
Plumbaginaceae
Plumbaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The family is sometimes referred to as the leadwort family or the plumbago family....
. They are distributed from southeastern Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to central Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
and also in South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
, but also cultivated elsewhere in rock garden
Rock Garden
The Rock Garden or Rock Garden of Chandigarh is a Sculpture garden in Chandigarh, India, also known as Nek Chand's Rock Garden after its founder Nek Chand, a government official who started the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957. Today it is spread over an area of forty-acres , it is...
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Species
Species of Acantholimon include:- Acantholimon albertii
- Acantholimon avenaceum
- Acantholimon glumaceum
- Acantholimon göksunicumAcantholimon göksunicumAcantholimon göksunicum is a species of plant belonging to the family Plumbaginaceae. It is only found on calcareous steppes in southeastern Anatolia ....
- Acantholimon köycegizicumAcantholimon köycegizicumAcantholimon köycegizicum, is a species of plant belonging to the family Plumbaginaceae.It is only found in coastal regions of southwestern Anatolia , often associated with forests of Turkish Pine. It is a robust, rather spiny shrublet which produces dense spikes of pink flowers borne on long ...
- Acantholimon venustum