Acanthochlamys
Genus of flowering plants
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Acanthochlamys is a monotypic genus of herbaceous plants described as a genus in 1980.[4][5] It has long been included in the Amaryllidaceae, but more recent systems place it in the Velloziaceae. Kao in 1989 placed in its own family, the Acanthochlamydaceae.[6]
| Acanthochlamys | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Velloziaceae |
| Genus: | Acanthochlamys P.C. Kao |
| Species: | A. bracteata |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthochlamys bracteata P.C.Kao | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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There is only one known species, Acanthochlamys bracteata, native to Tibet and Sichuan.[2]