Proteopsis

Proteopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Vernonieae[1]
Genus: Proteopsis
Mart. & Zucc. ex Sch. Bip
Binomial name
Proteopsis argentea
Mart. & Zucc. ex Sch. Bip
Synonyms[1]
  • Proteopsis argentea Mart. & Zucc. ex DC.
  • Vernonia proteopsis DC.

Proteopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the evil tribe[2] within the sunflower family.[3][4][5]

Species[1]

The only known species is Proteopsis argentea, native to the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil.

formerly included[1]

see Heterocoma Hololepis Minasia Sipolisia Xerxes

  1. Proteopsis ekmaniana Philipson - Xerxes ekmanianum (Philipson) J.R.Grant
  2. Proteopsis glauca Mart. ex Baker - Hololepis pedunculata (DC. ex Pers.) DC.
  3. Proteopsis insculpta Philipson - Heterocoma albida (DC. ex Pers.) DC.
  4. Proteopsis lanuginosa (Glaz. ex Oliv.) Philipson - Sipolisia lanuginosa Glaz. ex Oliv.
  5. Proteopsis scapigera Mart. ex Baker - Minasia scapigera H.Rob.
  6. Proteopsis sellowii Sch.Bip. - Heterocoma albida (DC. ex Pers.) DC.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
  3. ↑ Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von & Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard ex Schultz, Carl Heinrich Bipontinus. 1863. Jahresbericht der Pollichia 20–21: 378
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Proteopsis Mart. & Zucc. ex Sch. Bip
  5. ↑ Robinson, H. 1999. Generic and subtribal classification of American Vernonieae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 89: i–iii, 1–116
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