Acanthostyles

 ( Eupatorieae ) 

Acanthostyles is a genus of in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1971.King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1971. Phytologia 22: 111-112D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg. Tropicos, Acanthostyles R.M. King & H. Rob.

The entire genus is endemic to South America.

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