Acanthospermum hispidum

Acanthospermum hispidum
In Goa, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
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 widespread in Australia, mostly occurring from north-eastern Western Australia through much of the Northern Territory and Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales. It is declared a weed in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.[8]

See also

  • Goat's head — other plants with common name "goat's head"

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Serrano, M.; Terán, J. (1998). Identific. Esp. Veg. Chuquisaca. Sucre: PLAFOR, Intercooperación, Fundación Ceibo. pp. 1–129.
  4. ↑ "Acanthospermum hispidum de Candolle". Flora of North America. Vol. 21. p. 37.
  5. ↑ "刺苞果 ci bao guo Acanthospermum hispidum". Flora of China. Vol. 20–21. p. 865.
  6. ↑ Wild, H (1967). "The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 1". Kirkia. 6 (1): 1–62.
  7. ↑ Humbert, H. (1941). "Contributions a l'etude de la flore de Madagascar et des Comores (fascicule 2)". Notulae Systematicae. 9. Paris: 95–111.
  8. ↑ "Star-burr, Goat's Head, Star Burr, Bristly Starburr, Donkieklits, Sterklits, Upright Starburr, Hispid Starbur. Acanthospermum hispidum DC". Weeds Australia. Centre for Invasive Species Solutions. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
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