Heterocoma
Genus of flowering plants
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Heterocoma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4]
| Heterocoma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Vernonioideae |
| Tribe: | Vernonieae |
| Genus: | Heterocoma Augustin Pyramus de Candolle |
| Type species | |
| Heterocoma albida | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Heterocoma was believed for many years to contain only one species, until 2013, when two new species were described and the three genera Bishopalea, Sipolisia, and Xerxes were merged into Heterocoma. All are endemic to the Brazilian Highlands.[1]
- Heterocoma albida
- Heterocoma ekmaniana
- Heterocoma erecta
- Heterocoma gracilis
- Heterocoma lanuginosa
- Heterocoma robinsoniana
- formerly included[5]
Heterocoma bifrons (DC. ex Pers.) DC. – Chronopappus bifrons (DC. ex Pers.) DC.
