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Gypothamnium

Gypothamnium is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Species

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Gypothamnium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Onoserideae
Genus: Gypothamnium
Phil.
Species:
G. pinifolium
Binomial name
Gypothamnium pinifolium
Synonyms1

Plazia pinnifolia (Phil.) O.Hoffm.

Gypothamnium is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.23

Species

There is only one known species, Gypothamnium pinifolium, native to the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.14

References

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Philippi, Rudolf Amandus. 1860. Florula Atacamensis seu Enumeriatio 27
  3. Tropicos, Gypothamnium Phil.
  4. Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.