Lepidophyllum is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[3][4]

Lepidophyllum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Chiliotrichinae
Genus: Lepidophyllum
Cass. 1816 not Trinajstić 1990 (syn of Phyllolepidum in Brassicaceae)[1]
Species:
L. cupressiforme
Binomial name
Lepidophyllum cupressiforme
Synonyms[2]

Genus:

Species:

  • Athanasia cupressiformis Comm. ex DC.
  • Baccharis cupressiformis (Lam.) Pers.
  • Brachyridium cupressiforme (Cass.) Meisn.
  • Conyza cupressifomis Lam.
  • Gutierrezia cupressiformis (Lam.) Sch.Bip.
Species

There is only one accepted species, Lepidophyllum cupressiforme, native to southern Argentina (Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego Provinces) and southern Chile (Magallanes Region).[2][5]

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