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Flustula

Lepidaploa
Flickr - João de Deus Medeiros - Lepidaploa cotoneaster.jpg
Lepidaploa cotoneaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Lepidaploa
(Cass.) Cass.
Type species
Vernonia albicaulis
Vahl ex Pers.
Synonyms
  • Vernonia subg. Lepidaploa Cass.
  • Flustula Raf.
  • Vernonia sect. Lepidaploa (Cass.) DC.

Lepidaploa is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere.

It is a relatively large genus, formerly subsumed in the genus Vernonia.


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