title: Spiracantha
text: # Spiracantha
  
  Spiracantha is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.
  
  ## Species
  
  The only known species is Spiracantha cornifolia, native to Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Venezuela, Colombia, Central America, and southern Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula).
  
  