Acanthospermum hispidum

Acanthospermum hispidum
	In Goa, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Acanthospermum
Species:	A. hispidum
Binomial name
	Acanthospermum hispidum; D.C. 1836 not A.Chev. 1920

Acanthospermum hispidum (bristly starbur, goat's head, hispid starburr, starbur) is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae, which is native to Central and South America.^[1]^[2]^[3] This plant is cited as a weed in cotton culture in Brazil, and it is also used as a medicinal plant. It is also naturalized in many scattered places in Eurasia, Africa, and North America^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] It is naturalized in Australia and is a declared weed in Western Australia.^[8]

References

^ Berendsohn, W.G.; Araniva de González, A.E. (1989). "Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Dicotyledonae, Sympetalae (pro parte): Labiatae, Bignoniaceae, Acanthaceae, Pedaliaceae, Martyniaceae, Gesneriaceae, Compositae". Cuscatlania. 1 (3): 290:1–290:13.
^ Cabrera, A.L. (1978). "Compositae". In Cabrera, A.L. (ed.). Flora de la provincia de Jujuy. Vol. 10. Buenos Aires: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. pp. 1–726.
^ Serrano, M.; Terán, J. (1998). Identific. Esp. Veg. Chuquisaca. Sucre: PLAFOR, Intercooperación, Fundación Ceibo. pp. 1–129.
^ "Acanthospermum hispidum de Candolle". Flora of North America. Vol. 21. p. 37.
^ "刺苞果 ci bao guo Acanthospermum hispidum". Flora of China. Vol. 20–21. p. 865.
^ Wild, H (1967). "The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 1". Kirkia. 6 (1): 1–62.
^ Humbert, H. (1941). "Contributions a l'etude de la flore de Madagascar et des Comores (fascicule 2)". Notul. Syst. 9. Paris: 95–111.
^ "Australian Weed Profile: Acanthospermum hispidum". profiles.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2020-07-31.