Monotypic Asteraceae genera

Omphalopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.

Trichoptilium is a monotypic genus in the daisy family containing the single species Trichoptilium incisum, which is known by the common names yellowdome and yellowhead.

Dimeresia is a monotypic genus in the sunflower family containing the single species Dimeresia howellii, known by the common name doublet.

Osmiopsis is a genus of Haitian flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.

Bafutia tenuicaulis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and the only species in the genus Bafutia. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria, where it lives in rocky areas.

Tetraperone is a genus of flowering plants in the cosmos tribe within the daisy family.

Msuata is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.

Diodontium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.

Miricacalia is a genus of flowering plants in the groundsel tribe within the daisy family.

Sphaereupatorium is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.

Symphyllocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is poorly known, and botanists have not reached a consensus as to its evolutionary relations.

thumb|Ampelaster carolinianus

Cacaliopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Cacaliopsis nardosmia (formerly Cacalia nardosmia). It is known by the common name silvercrown. It is native to western North America.

Bellida is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Bellida graminea. It is native to Western Australia. Its common name is rosy bellida.

Heteranthemis is a monotypic genus of plants in the daisy family containing the single species Heteranthemis viscidehirta (orth. var. H. viscidihirta), which is known by the common name oxeye, or sticky oxeye. This plant is native to the Iberian Peninsula and adjacent areas in North Africa, but it can be found in other parts of the world as an introduced species. This is an annual herb growing erect stems 20 to 80 centimeters tall. Its abundant leaves are a few centimeters long, wavy to curly and divided into irregular toothed lobes. The stem and foliage are glandular and produce a sticky exud

Prolobus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.

Orochaenactis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the daisy family containing the single species Orochaenactis thysanocarpha, which is known by the common name California mountain pincushion. It is endemic to the southern Sierra Nevada of California, where it grows in the forests and meadows of the high mountains.

Urbinella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It was first published in Proc. American Academy Arts 39: 117 (1903).

Neojeffreya is a genus of Malagasy flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Russowia is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. The only known species is Russowia sogdiana, native to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.

Nivellea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. The only species is Nivellea nivellei.

Gardnerina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Venegasia is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae.

Peucephyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species Peucephyllum schottii. Its common names include pygmy cedar, '''Schott's pygmy cedar, desert fir, and desert pine'''. It is not a cedar, fir, or pine, but a member of the aster family, Asteraceae. It is a leafy evergreen shrub with glandular, resinous foliage. It flowers in yellow flower heads which have only disc florets. The fruits are woody, bristly seeds with a pappus. This plant is native to the deserts of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah in the United States and Baja California and Sonora in northern

Corethrogyne is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Its only species is Corethrogyne filaginifolia (syn. Lessingia filaginifolia), known by the common names common sandaster and California aster. Note that Symphyotrichum chilense shares its common name of California aster.

Mexianthus is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.

Filifolium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.

Haegiela is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1990. There is only one known species, Haegiela tatei, native to South Australia, and Victoria.

Lescaillea is a genus of Cuban flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae.

Ceruana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Dysodiopsis tagetoides, commonly known as false dogfennel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the United States, where it is restricted to Oklahoma and Texas. It is found in areas of calcareous soil.

Hoffmanniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. There is only one known species, Hoffmanniella silvatica.

Amblyocarpum is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1837.

Oxycarpha is a genus of Colombian flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.

Geropogon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Shinnersoseris is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Blepharipappus is a North American plant genus in the family Asteraceae containing the single known species Blepharipappus scaber, known by the common name rough eyelash, or rough eyelashweed. Blepharis is Greek for 'eyelash' and 'pappus' refers to the feathery part of the plant's seeds.

Atrichoseris is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains only one known species, Atrichoseris platyphylla, known by the common names tobacco weed, parachute plant, and gravel ghost.

Vigethia is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.

Chionopappus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing the single species Chionopappus benthamii. It is endemic to Peru, where it occurs at elevations up to 2500 meters in the central part of the country. It is also sometimes found in the lomas of northern Peru, a type of moist oasis formed by fog that accumulates along the hills in the coastal desert region.

Dracopis is a monotypic genus with Dracopis amplexicaulis (clasping coneflower; syn. Rudbeckia amplexicaulis) the sole species. It is native to North America.

Leucophyta is a plant genus which is endemic to Australia. The genus was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in 1818.

Mattfeldia is a genus of flowering plants in groundsel tribe within the daisy family.

Chaetadelpha is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae containing the single species Chaetadelpha wheeleri, or '''Wheeler's skeletonweed'''. This brushy perennial plant is native to the western United States (Nevada, eastern California, southeastern Oregon).

Phalacroseris is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae containing the single species Phalacroseris bolanderi, which is known by the common name '''Bolander's mock dandelion'''.

Hilliardia is a monotypic genus of South African flowering plants in the daisy family. It only contains one known species, Hilliardia zuurbergensis

Famatinanthus is a genus in the family Asteraceae that was described in 2014 and has been assigned to its own tribe Famatinantheae and subfamily Famatinanthoideae. It contains only one known species, F. decussatus, a small shrub of high that is an endemic of the Andes of north-western Argentina, with small, entire, oppositely set leaves and flowerheads containing about ten cream-colored, ray and disk florets, with backward coiled lobes. It is locally known as sacansa. For more than 100 years, the species was known to science only from the type collection. It was described in 1885 and originall

Dacryotrichia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing the single species Dacryotrichia robinsonii. It is endemic to the Republic of Zambia in Africa.

Cousiniopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Gymnosperma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The only known species is Gymnosperma glutinosum, also known as gumhead, which is native to Mexico, Guatemala, and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas).

Tarlmounia is a plant genus in the family Asteraceae. The sole species is Tarlmounia elliptica (syn. Vernonia elliptica and V. elaeagnifolia), native to India, Burma and Thailand and naturalised in southern Taiwan and Queensland, Australia. Common names include curtain creeper, vernonia creeper and parda bel.

Ciceronia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Sheareria is a genus of Chinese plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.

Ligulariopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.

Acunniana is a monospecific genus in the family Asteraceae which is found only in Australia's Northern Territory. In the wild, Acunniana procumbens closely resembles species of the genera Indocypraea and Apowollastonia. The genus is named for its discoverer, Allan Cunningham, whose name abbreviates to A.Cunn.

Hyalochlamys is a genus of Australian flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Oxypappus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae.

Cyclolepis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The sole species, Cyclolepis genistoides, is native to South America, where it occurs in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and possibly Bolivia. Its common names include matorro negro.

Coleocoma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Chamaepus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It contains a single species, Chamaepus afghanicus.