Proustia

Proustia
Proustia cuneifolia var. mendocina
Scientific classification
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] DC.

Proustia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to South America and the West Indies. ^{[2] [1]}

Species ^[3]

• Proustia cuneifolia D.Don - Peru, Bolivia
• Proustia ilicifolia Hook. & Arn. - Argentina, Chile
• Proustia pyrifolia DC. - Chile
• Proustia vanillosma C.Wright - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico ^[4]

formerly included ^[3]

see Acourtia Berylsimpsonia Lophopappus Vernonanthura

• Proustia crassinervisUrb. - Berylsimpsonia crassinervis (Urb.) B.L.Turner
• Proustia cuneataS.F.Blake - Lophopappus blakei Cabrera
• Proustia domingensisSpreng. ex DC. - Vernonanthura buxifolia (Less.) H.Rob.
• Proustia mexicanaLag. ex D.Don - Acourtia humboldtii (Less.) B.L.Turner
• Proustia reticulataLag. ex D.Don - Acourtia reticulata (Lag. ex D.Don) Reveal & R.M.King

References

1. Tropicos, Proustia Lag.
2. Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1811. Amenidades Naturales de las Españas 1(1): 33
3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
4. US Department of Agriculture, plants database map