Centratherum
Genus of flowering plants
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Centratherum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2] Common names include Brazilian button and lark daisy. It includes three species native to tropical South America.[1]
| Centratherum | |
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| Centratherum punctatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Vernonieae |
| Genus: | Centratherum Cassini |
| Type species | |
| Centratherum punctatum Cassini | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Considered invasive in Hawaii (USA), Galapagos Islands, New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
Species
Three species are accepted.[1]
- Centratherum cardenasii H.Rob. – Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
- Centratherum punctatum Cass. – tropical South America from Venezuela to northern Argentina, introduced to parts of Central America, tropical Africa, tropical Asia, and Australia
- Centratherum repens (Spreng.) Loeuille & Pirani – Brazil (Bahia)
Formerly placed here
- Phyllocephalum phyllolaenum (DC.) Narayana – as Centratherum phyllolaenum Benth. ex Hook.f[3]
