Acantholimon
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
| Genus: | Acantholimon Boiss. |
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Acantholimon (Prickly thrift) 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 gardens.
[edit] Species
Species of Acantholimon include:
- Acantholimon albertii
- Acantholimon avenaceum
- Acantholimon glumaceum
- Acantholimon göksunicum
- Acantholimon köycegizicum
- Acantholimon venustum
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