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 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] This Rosaceae article is a stub.