Acanthocephalus is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, described as a genus in 1842.

[1] The genus is native to Central Asia.

[4] The genus name is a contraction of the Greek ἄκανθα (akantha) meaning "thorn" or "prickle", and κεφαλή (kephale), the word for "head".

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