Cyclolepis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1] The sole species, Cyclolepis genistoides, is native to South America, where it occurs in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and possibly Bolivia.[2] Its common names include matorro negro.[3]

Cyclolepis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Gochnatioideae
Tribe: Gochnatieae
Genus: Cyclolepis
Gillies ex D.Don
Species:
C. genistoides
Binomial name
Cyclolepis genistoides
D.Don

This is a dominant halophytic shrub in some saline habitat types, such as coastal habitat near Bahía Blanca[4][5] and the inland salt marshes of central Argentina.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Tellería, M. C., et al. (2013). Pollen morphology and its taxonomic significance in the tribe Gochnatieae (Compositae, Gochnatioideae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 299(5), 935-48.
  2. ^ Cyclolepis. Preliminary Checklist of the Compositae of Bolivia. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Version 2, March 2011.
  3. ^ "Cyclolepis genistoides". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ^ (in Spanish) Nebbia, A. J. and S. M. Zalba. (2007). Comunidades halófilas de la costa de la Bahía Blanca (Argentina): Caracterización, mapeo y cambios durante los últimos cincuenta años. Archived 2018-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 42(3-4), 261-71.
  5. ^ Krüger, H. R. and N. Peinemann. (1996). Coastal plain halophytes and their relation to soil ionic composition. Vegetatio 122(2), 143-50.
  6. ^ Cantero, J. J., et al. (1998). Environmental relationships of vegetation patterns in saltmarshes of central Argentina. Folia Geobotanica 33(2), 133-45.