Acanthophyllum cerastioides

Chickweed baby's-breath
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Acanthophyllum
Species:	A. cerastioides
Binomial name
Acanthophyllum cerastioides (D.Don) Madhani & Zarre
Synonyms
Gypsophila cerastioides D.Don

Acanthophyllum cerastioides, the chickweed baby's-breath, is a perennial plant of the family Caryophyllaceae, found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, North India, Nepal, North Pakistan, and Sikkim, with a typical height of 10–27 cm.[1] Recent molecular studies show this species is a member of the genus Acanthophyllum rather than Gypsophila.[2]

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References

1. "Gypsophila cerastioides D. Don - Details - Encyclopedia of Life". Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
2. Madhani, Hossein; Rabeler, Richard; Pirani, Atefeh; Oxelman, Bengt; Heubl, Guenther; Zarre, Shahin (2018). "Untangling phylogenetic patterns and taxonomic confusion in tribe Caryophylleae (Caryophyllaceae) with special focus on generic boundaries". Taxon. 67 (1): 83–112. doi:10.12705/671.6. hdl:2027.42/146908. ISSN 1996-8175.