Acanthogilia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Polemoniaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthogilioideae
Tribus: Acanthogilieae
Genus: Acanthogilia
Species: A. gloriosa
Name

Acanthogilia A.G.Day & Moran Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 44(7): 111. (1986)

monotypic taxon

References

Day, A.G. & Moran, R.V. 1986. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 44(7): 111. BHL
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Acanthogilia. Published online. Accessed: May 21 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Acanthogilia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2016.

Acanthogilia is a genus with a single species of desert shrub from Baja California, Mexico. It was first scientifically described as a genus in 1986.[1][2]
Classification

Its closest relatives within the family Polemoniaceae are not clear. Some evidence suggests it was first to diverge from the ancestral member of that family, some puts it in a group with Bonplandia, Cobaea, and Cantua, and some say that those three genera diverged first, followed by Acanthogilia (followed by the rest of the family).[3]
References

Grant, Verne (1998), "Primary Classification and Phylogeny of the Polemoniaceae, with Comments on Molecular Cladistics", American Journal of Botany, 85 (6): 741–752, doi:10.2307/2446408, JSTOR 2446408
Day, A., and R. Moran. 1986. Acanthogilia, a new genus of Polemoniaceae from Baja California, Mexico. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 44: 111–126.
Polemoniaceae. Phlox Family., Tree of Life, by Leigh Johnson, updated 2 January 2009