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The Gochnatioideae are a subfamily of the aster family, Asteraceae. It contains the single tribe Gochnatieae of six to ten genera, with a total of about 80 to 95 species. They are native to the Americas from the southern United States to Argentina, including the Caribbean, and Cuba in particular. These are trees, shrubs, subshrubs, and perennial herbs. They have alternately arranged leaves and some have basal rosettes. The inflorescence is a solitary flower head or a few or many. Some only have disc florets, and some also have ray florets. The heads are small, with just a few florets, or

The Wunderlichioideae are a subfamily of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. The subfamily includes eight genera and about 24 species that are concentrated in Brazil (Wunderlichia) and Guyana (Chimantaea, Stenopadus, and Stomatochaeta), with some species in other South America countries (Hyalis and Ianthopappus) and others (Nouelia and Leucomeris) in Southeast Asia and the Himalayas. Distinguishing features of the members of this subfamily are presence of styles with glabrous style branches and a deletion in the rpoB gene. Two tribes, Wunderlicheae and Hyalideae, are

The Pertyoideae are a subfamily of the family Asteraceae of the flowering plants. It comprises a single tribe, Pertyeae, of six genera.

Dillandia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Species Dillandia chachapoyensis (H.Rob.) V.A.Funk & H.Rob. - Peru Dillandia subumbellata V.A.Funk & H.Rob. - Peru, Ecuador

Stramentopappus is a genus of Mexican plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae. Species Stramentopappus congestiflorus Redonda-Martínez & Villaseñor - State of Oaxaca in southern Mexico Stramentopappus pooleae (B.L.Turner) H.Rob. & V.A.Funk - State of Oaxaca in southern Mexico

Nothovernonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes two species native to tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Nothovernonia amblyolepis (Baker) H.Rob. & V.A.Funk Nothovernonia purpurea (Sch.Bip. ex Walp.) H.Rob. & V.A.Funk

Gymnarrhenoideae is a subfamily within the family Asteraceae, with only one tribe, the Gymnarrheneae. Two very different species have been assigned to it, Gymnarrhena micrantha, a winter annual from the deserts of North-Africa and the Middle-East, and Cavea tanguensis, a perennial herb that grows on scree near streams and glaciers in the Eastern Himalayas. These species have very little in common, other than having two types of flower heads and sharing a tendency towards dioecism. Both also have basal leaf rosettes, stretched leaves, with few spaced teeth on the margin, and both lack spines

Dicomeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, subfamily Carduoideae.

Xenophyllum is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The genus was erected in 1997 for several species formerly treated in genus Werneria. These plants grow in the high mountains of the Andes. These species grow from rhizomes and form tight mats on the ground. Most have white ray florets and yellow or white disc florets. Species include: Xenophyllum acerosum Xenophyllum amblydactylum Xenophyllum ciliolatum Xenophyllum crassum Xenophyllum dactylophyllum Xenophyllum decorum Xenophyllum digitatum Xenophyllum esquilachense Xenophyllum fontii Xenophyllum humile Xenophyllum incisum

Pseudopegolettia ( SEW-doh-pig-ə-LET-ee-ə) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Its native range is Southern Tropical and Southern Africa. Species: Pseudopegolettia tenella (DC.) H.Rob., Skvarla & V.A.Funk Pseudopegolettia thodei (E.Phillips) H.Rob., Skvarla & V.A.Funk

Nahuatlea is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It includes seven species which range from southern Texas to southern Mexico. The species which constitute genus Nahuatlea were originally placed in genus Gochnatia. It was later discovered that Gochnatia was not monophyletic, and included a number of distinct clades. In 2017 Vicki Funk combined Mexican species of Gochnatia into a new genus Nahuatlea. Funk concluded that the genus is a sister to the Caribbean genus Anastraphia, and their common ancestor originated from South America in a dispersal event, evidenced

Platycarphella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes two species native to southern Africa. Platycarphella carlinoides (Oliv. & Hiern) V.A.Funk & H.Rob. Platycarphella parvifolia (S.Moore) V.A.Funk & H.Rob.

Orbivestus is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to tropical Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent. Its species were formerly placed in the genus Vernonia.

Sampera is a South American genus of flowering plants in the tribe Liabeae within the family Asteraceae. Species

Platycarpheae is a tribe of the Asteraceae that is native to Namibia and South Africa. The tribe contains two genera and a total of three species.

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Misbrookea is a genus of South American plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family. The genus is named in honour of Miss Winifred M. A. Brooke. The only known species is Misbrookea strigosissima, native to Peru and Bolivia. It is found in dry, high-elevation areas.

Diplostephium serratifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Peru.

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Xenophyllum rigidum is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Stephanbeckia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. The only species is Stephanbeckia plumosa. The species is found in Bolivia.

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Nahuatlea hypoleuca, the shrubby bullseye, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico (from Coahuila east to Tamaulipas and south as far as Oaxaca) and just north of the Río Grande in Texas. Nahuatlea hypoleuca is a shrub, stems and undersides of the leaves covered with thick, white woolly hairs. Flower heads are in tight arrays, each head with numerous whitish flowers with lobed corollas. The plant grows in gravel and caliche soils in desert scrub vegetation.

Nahuatlea aborescens is a species of tree in the Composite family endemic to the Cape region and Cerralvo Island of Baja California Sur, commonly known as ocote. It grows up to 8 meters tall, with monoecious tan-colored flowers and short, leafy branchlets. It was formerly in the genus Gochnatia, where it was known commonly as the tree gochnatia.

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Diplostephium serratifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Peru.

Cyanthillium wollastonii is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern and southeastern Africa, ranging from Sudan and Ethiopia to the Northern Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It is a delicate shrub that can grow up to 3 meters tall while stems are 5m tall.

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