Centratherum

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Centratherum
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Centratherum punctatum
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Centratherum
Cassini
Type species
Centratherum punctatum
Cassini
Synonyms [1]
  • AmpherephisKunth
  • AmphibecisHumb. ex Schrank
  • CrantziaVell.
  • OiospermumLess.
  • SpixiaSchrank

Centratherum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [2] Common names include Brazilian button and lark daisy. It includes three species native to tropical South America. [1]

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Considered invasive in Hawaii (USA), Galapagos Islands, New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

Species

Three species are accepted. [1]

Formerly placed here

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Centratherum Cass". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 31 in French
  3. ↑ "Phyllocephalum phyllolaenum (DC.) Narayana". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 June 2025.
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