Diplostephium is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Asteraceae.
Clibadium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Clibadium glabrescens, synonym Clibadium napoense, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. In Ecuador, its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Elaphandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Pappobolus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to the Andes Mountains of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Viguiera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains around 19–40 species, which are commonly known as goldeneyes and are native to the New World. These are herbs to bushy shrubs that bear yellow or orange daisy-like flowers.
Heliamphora macdonaldae is a species of marsh pitcher plant endemic to Venezuela. It is closely related to H. tatei and was for a long time considered a form or variety of that species. Putative natural hybrids between H. macdonaldae and H. tatei have been recorded in the southern part of Cerro Duida.
Gundlachia, commonly called goldenshrub, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Laennecia or Laënnecia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The plants are native to Mesoamerica, South America, and the southwestern United States. Common name is "horseweed."
Myriactis is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.
Xylothamia, the desert goldenrods, is a formerly accepted genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Until 2003, it was held to contain nine species of shrubs native to the deserts of Mexico and the southwestern United States. As of May 2024, Plants of the World Online divided the nine former species of Xylothamia among Aquilula, Gundlachia, and Medranoa.
Hymenostephium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes herbs and slender shrubs that occur from Mexico through to Venezuela and north-western Argentina.
Simsia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. It includes annuals, herbaceous perennials, and shrubs. They range from the western United States south through Central and South America to Argentina, with the center of diversity occurring in Mexico. The genus is named for British physician and botanist John Sims (1749–1831). Although some species are relatively rare, others have become common weeds that line the roadsides and fields of Mexico, often forming dense stands mixed with Tithonia and other Asteraceae. Some species are known by the common name bushsunflower.
Oyedaea is a genus of South American flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.
Stomatochaeta is a genus of South American plants in the family Asteraceae.
Synedrella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Blakiella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing the single species Blakiella bartsiifolia. It is native to northeastern South America, where it occurs in Colombia and Venezuela.
Sidney Fay Blake (1892–1959) was an American botanist and plant taxonomist, "recognized as one of the world's experts on botanical nomenclature."
Cerro Duida, known as Yennamadi by the Ye'kuana, is a very large tepui in Amazonas state, Venezuela. It has an uneven and heavily inclined plateau, rising from highs of around 1,300–1,400 metres (4,300–4,600 ft) in the north and east to a maximum of 2,358 metres (7,736 ft) on its southwestern rim. It has a summit area of 1,089 km2 (420 sq mi) and an estimated slope area of 715 km2 (276 sq mi). At its foot lies the small settlement of La Esmeralda, from which the mountain can be climbed.
Cerro Huachamacari, also spelled Huachamakari or Kushamakari, is a tepui in Amazonas state, Venezuela. It lies northwest of the giant Cerro Duida and the other peaks of the Duida–Marahuaca Massif, and is considerably lower at only around 1,900 metres (6,200 ft).
