Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Polygala sect. Acanthocladus (Klotzsch ex Hassk.) Chodat, Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat., pér. 3, 25(6): (697–)698. 1891. – Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 2, 6. 1893.
  • Polygala subg. Acanthocladus (Klotzsch ex Hassk.) Paiva, Fontqueria 50: 146. 1998.

Accepted species

A. brasiliensis – A. colombianus – A. dichromus – A. dukei – A. guayaquilensis – A. pulcherrimus – A. santosii – A. scleroxylon

Names in synonymy

A. albicans – A. caracaensis – A. microphylla – A. moyanoi – A. tehuelchum

Primary references

• Paiva, J.A.R. 1998. Polygalarum africanarum et madagascariensium prodromus atque gerontogaei generis Heterosamara Kuntze, a genere Polygala L. segregati et a nobis denuo recepti, synopsis monographica. Fontqueria 50: I–VI, 1–346. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pastore, J.F.B., Cardoso, D.B.O.S. & Aymard C., G.A. 2010. A synopsis, new combinations, and synonyms in Acanthocladus (Polygalaceae). Novon 20: 317–324. DOI: 10.3417/2009030 BHL JSTOR PDF Reference page. 

• Ståhl, B. & Eriksen, B. 2000. Acanthocladus. Pp. 6–10 in Eriksen, B., Ståhl, B. & Persson, C., 102. Polygalaceae. In Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (eds.), Flora of Ecuador, No. 65: 1–134. University of Göteborg & Riksmuseum, Stockholm. ISBN 91-88896-21-8. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acanthocladus. Published online. Accessed 12 March 2019.

• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Acanthocladus in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 July 22.

• GBIF

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acanthocladus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2019-03-12.

• Hassler, M. 2019. Acanthocladus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 March 12.

• Tropicos.org 2019. Acanthocladus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 12 March 2019.

• Acanthocladus in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 12 March 2019.

• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Acanthocladus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 12 March 2019.

• Acanthocladus in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed 12 March 2019.

• Acanthocladus in Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Accessed: 12 March 2019.