Acanthostyles

Acanthostyles is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1971.^[1][2][3]

Acanthostyles
Acanthostyles buniifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Eupatorieae
Genus:	Acanthostyles R.M.King & H.Rob.

The entire genus is endemic to South America.^[1]

Species^[4]

1. Acanthostyles buniifolius (Hook. ex Hook. & Arn.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Rio Grande do Sul, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay
2. Acanthostyles saucechicoensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Argentina