Chaptalia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Chaptalia
Chaptalia nutans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Mutisieae
Genus: Chaptalia
Ventenat
Type species
Chaptalia tomentosa
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Thyrsanthema Neck.
  • Chaptalia sect. Lieberkuhna (Cass.) Burkart
  • Loxodon Cass.
  • Oxydon Less.
  • Leria DC.
  • Oxyodon DC.
  • Chaptalia sect. Microchaptalia Burkart
  • Lieberkuhna Cass.

Chaptalia is native primarily to Mesoamerica, South America, and the West Indies, with a few species in the United States.[1][4]

Species[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Ventenat, Etienne Pierre. 1802. Description des plantes nouvelles et peu connues : cultivées dans le jardin de J.M. Cels, plate 61 illustration in black and white; description follows in French and Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Chaptalia Vent.
  4. ^ Flora of North America, Chaptalia Ventenat
  5. ^ "Chaptalia". Global Compositae Checklist. Retrieved 2011-04-17.[permanent dead link]

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