Acanthodesmos distichus is a species of the Asteraceae described as a genus and as a species in 1971. and is the only species in the monotypic genus Acanthodesmos. Acanthodesmos is endemic to Jamaica.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0