| Haplosticha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Subtribe: | Senecioninae |
| Genus: | Haplosticha Phil. |
| Species [1] | |
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Haplosticha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes three species of herbaceous perennials native to southern and central Chile and southern Argentina. [1] [2]
The genus was first named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi in 1859, and later synonymized with Senecio . John Francis Pruski revived the genus in 2021. Species have white ray corollas is similar to Iocenes , but are distinguished from Iocenes by their truncate exappendiculate styles. [2]