Acaena lucida

Acaena lucida is a small plant in the Rosaceae family, which is native to southern Chile, southern Argentina and the Falkland Islands.^[2]

Acaena lucida
Plate XCIV
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Acaena
Species:	A. lucida
Binomial name
Acaena lucida (Aiton) Vahl[1]
Synonyms[2]
Acaena lucida var. abbreviata Bitter Acaena lucida var. glabratula Bitter Acaena lucida var. intermedia Bitter Acaena lucida var. villosula Bitter Acaena parvifolia Phil. Ancistrum lucidum Aiton Ancistrum lucidum Lam.

Taxonomy and naming

Acaena lucida was first formally described in 1789 by William Aiton, as Ancistrum lucidum,^[2][3] but was assigned to the genus, Acaena, by Martin Vahl in 1804.^[2][1]

The genus name (Acaena) is derived from the Ancient Greek word akaina meaning "thorn" or "spine",^[4] and refers to the spiny hypanthium of many species of Acaena. The specific epithet, lucida, is Latin (lucidus, -a, -um) which means "shining", "clear" or "transparent",^[5][6] and in this instance was used by Aiton to mean "shining".^[3]