Chaetacalia
Genus of flowering plants
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Chaetacalia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes a single species, Chaetacalia stylotricha, an herbaceous perennial endemic to Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia.[1]
| Chaetacalia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Subtribe: | Senecioninae |
| Genus: | Chaetacalia Pruski |
| Species: | C. stylotricha |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetacalia stylotricha (Cabrera) Pruski | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The species was first described as Senecio stylotrichus by Ángel Lulio Cabrera in 1950. In 2021 John Francis Pruski placed the species in the new monotypic genus Chaetacalia as Chaetacalia stylotricha.[1][2]