Acritopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1972.[1][2][3]

Acritopappus
Acritopappus species from Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Acritopappus
R.M.King & H.Rob.

The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.[4]

Taxonomy

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Species

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As of July 2020, Plants of the World online has 19 accepted species:[5][6]

Selected synonyms include:

References

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  1. ^ King, Robert Merrill; Robinson, Harold Ernest (1972). "Studies in the eupatorieae (asteraceae) CIX". Phytologia. 24: 401.
  2. ^ Tropicos, Acritopappus R.M. King & H. Rob.
  3. ^ D.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.
  4. ^ Bautista, Hortensia P.; Ortiz, Santiago; Rodríguez-Oubiña, Juan (2011). "A New Species of the Brazilian Endemic Genus Acritopappus (Compositae, Eupatorieae) from Minas Gerais". Systematic Botany. 36 (1): 227–230. doi:10.1600/036364411X553298. S2CID 83581131.
  5. ^ Kew Science Plants of the World Online, retrieved 14 July 2020
  6. ^ The Plant List search for Acritopappus