Acanthochlamys

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
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
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]
Didymocolpus S.C. Chen Didymocolpus nanus S.C. Chen

There is only one known species, Acanthochlamys bracteata, native to Tibet and Sichuan.^[2]