Acanthocarpus (plant)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2024}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon = Acanthocarpus (plant)

|image = Acanthocarpus preissii.jpg

|image_caption = Acanthocarpus preissii

|authority = Lehm.

|synonyms = * Lomandra sect. Acanthocarpus (Lehm.) Kuntze

|}}

Acanthocarpus is a genus in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae, in the APG III system of classification.{{Citation |last=Chase |first=M.W. |last2=Reveal |first2=J.L. |last3=Fay |first3=M.F. |year=2009 |title=A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=132–136 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x|name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }} It has been difficult to place at family rank, being placed at various times in Dasypogonaceae as well as the Asparagaceae.{{cite web | url = http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm | title = Asparagales | work = Angiosperm Phylogeny Website | accessdate = 2008-10-08| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080928210730/http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm| archivedate= 28 September 2008 | url-status= live}} The entire genus is endemic to the State of Western Australia.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=293446 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

Species include:{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=ACANTHOCARPUS|title=Acanthocarpus |accessdate=2008-06-16|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}

• Acanthocarpus canaliculatus A.S.George
• Acanthocarpus humilis A.S.George
• Acanthocarpus parviflorus A.S.George
• Acanthocarpus preissii Lehm.
• Acanthocarpus robustus A.S.George
• Acanthocarpus rupestris A.S.George
• Acanthocarpus verticillatus A.S.George

Formerly included species:

• Acanthocarpus fimbriatus - Chamaexeros fimbriata
• Acanthocarpus mucronatus - Lomandra mucronata
• Acanthocarpus serra - Chamaexeros serra