Gypothamnium is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Gypothamnium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Onoserideae
Genus: Gypothamnium
Phil.
Species:
G. pinifolium
Binomial name
Gypothamnium pinifolium
Synonyms[1]

Plazia pinnifolia (Phil.) O.Hoffm.

Species

There is only one known species, Gypothamnium pinifolium, native to the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.