Acanthochlamys is a monotypic genus of herbaceous plants described as a genus in 1980.Kao Pao-chung 1980. Phytotaxonomic Research. Chengdu 1:1Tropicos, Acanthochlamys P.C. Kao 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.Kao Pao-chung 1989. Acta Botanica Sichuanica 1-14. Note: The journal was apparently printed privately by Kao to publish her own papers; see IPNI, http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPublicationSearch.do?back_page=&id=14662-2
There is only one known species, Acanthochlamys bracteata, native to Tibet and Sichuan.Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 273 芒苞草 mang bao cao Acanthochlamys bracteata P. C. Kao, Phytotax. Res. 1: 2. 1980.
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