Proustia

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Proustia
Proustia cuneifolia mendocina.jpg
Proustia cuneifolia var. mendocina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Nassauvieae
Genus: Proustia
Lag.
Type species
Proustia pyrifolia [1]
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Proustia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to South America and the West Indies. [2] [1]

Species [3]
formerly included [3]

see Acourtia Berylsimpsonia Lophopappus Vernonanthura

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