Spiracantha

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|genus = Spiracantha

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|species = cornifolia

|authority = Kunth

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• Acosta DC.
• Spiracantha denticulata Ernst
• Acosta rolandrae DC.

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Spiracantha is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae[http://sterlingkeeley.wordpress.com/vernonieae/ Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe] within the family Asteraceae.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003643 Tropicos, Spiracantha Kunth ]Robinson, H. 1999. Generic and subtribal classification of American Vernonieae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 89: i–iii, 1–116

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The only known species is Spiracantha cornifolia, native to Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Venezuela, Colombia, Central America, and southern Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula).[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=3&nameId=945e60ad-a06a-487d-974b-dbd3bb362a01 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Asteraceae. 5(2) In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326