| Centratherum | |
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| Centratherum punctatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Vernonieae |
| Genus: | Centratherum Cassini |
| Type species | |
| Centratherum punctatum Cassini
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Centratherum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.2 Common names include Brazilian button and lark daisy. It includes three species native to tropical South America.1
Considered invasive in Hawaii (USA), Galapagos Islands, New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
Species
Three species are accepted.1
- Centratherum cardenasii H.Rob. – Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
- Centratherum punctatum Cass. – tropical South America from Venezuela to northern Argentina, introduced to parts of Central America, tropical Africa, tropical Asia, and Australia
- Centratherum repens (Spreng.) Loeuille & Pirani – Brazil (Bahia)
Formerly placed here
- Phyllocephalum phyllolaenum (DC.) Narayana – as Centratherum phyllolaenum Benth. ex Hook.f3
References
References
- "Centratherum Cass". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 31 in French
- "Phyllocephalum phyllolaenum (DC.) Narayana". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 June 2025.