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Monotypic Asteraceae genera

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Leucophyta
Leucophyta is a plant genus which is endemic to Australia. The genus was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in 1818.
Rudbeckia amplexicaulis
Dracopis is a monotypic genus with Dracopis amplexicaulis (clasping coneflower; syn. Rudbeckia amplexicaulis) the sole species. It is native to North America.
Blepharipappus
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.
Geropogon
Geropogon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Hoffmanniella
Hoffmanniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. There is only one known species, Hoffmanniella silvatica.
Haegiela
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.
Perymeniopsis
Perymeniopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Soaresia
Soaresia is a genus of Brazilian plants in the tribe Vernonieae belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Grangeopsis
Grangeopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Damnamenia
Damnamenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Neotysonia
Neotysonia is a genus of Australian plants in tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.
Piqueriella
Piqueriella is a genus of a Brazilian plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. The genus contains a single described species, Piqueriella brasiliensis, found only in the State of Ceará in northeastern Brazil.
Comaclinium
Comaclinium is a genus in the family Asteraceae, described as a genus in 1852.
Hystrichophora
genus of plants
Quinetia
Quinetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Macrachaenium
Macrachaenium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Greenmaniella
Greenmaniella is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.
Trichospira
Trichospira is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.
Uleophytum
Uleophytum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains a single species, Uleophytum scandens.
Coleocoma
Coleocoma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Amolinia
Amolinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, described as a genus in 1972.
Ellenbergia
Ellenbergia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Coulterella
Coulterella capitata is a species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is the only species of genus Coulterella. Coulterella was placed in the monotypic subtribe Coulterellinae, but is now included in Varillinae. Coulterella capitata is endemic to the State of Baja California Sur in northwestern Mexico.
Traversia
Traversia is a genus of New Zealand plants in the groundsel tribe within the daisy family.
Hyalochlamys
Hyalochlamys is a genus of Australian flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Gymnosperma
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
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.
Faxonia
Faxonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains the single species Faxonia pusilla, endemic to the Mexican State of Baja California Sur. This genus is only known from the singular type specimen collected by Townshend Stith Brandegee in the Sierra de la Laguna in 1893, and is possibly extinct.
Pterygopappus
Pterygopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae. There is only one known species, Pterygopappus lawrencii (sage cushion plant), which is endemic to alpine Tasmania. It forms thick, light blue/green mats with densely packed leaves. It is most common in the mountains of the northeastern part of the island. It is a slow grower and prefers cool, moist environments.
Dolichlasium
Dolichlasium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Gilberta
Gilberta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Litogyne
Litogyne is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. The only species is Litogyne gariepina.
Parantennaria
Parantennaria is a genus of Australian plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae. It is monotypic, with the only known species Parantennaria uniceps, which is native to Victoria and New South Wales.
Boeberoides
Boeberoides is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains only one known species, Boeberoides grandiflora. It is endemic to Mexico (states of Guerrero, Morelos, México).
Rolandra
Rolandra is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.
Pseudohandelia
Pseudohandelia is a genus of flowering plants in the chamomile tribe within the daisy family.
Muschleria
Muschleria is a genus of African flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.
Huberopappus
Huberopappus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It only contains one species, Huberopappus maigualidae.
Parthenice
Parthenice is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Pinillosia
Pinillosia is a genus of Caribbean plants in the cosmos tribe within the daisy family.
Ligulariopsis
Ligulariopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.
Hilliardia
Hilliardia is a monotypic genus of South African flowering plants in the daisy family. It only contains one known species, Hilliardia zuurbergensis
Acunniana
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.
Vigethia
Vigethia is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.
Dysodiopsis
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.
Oxycarpha
Oxycarpha is a genus of Colombian flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.
Leptocarpha
Leptocarpha is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to central Chile.
Triptilodiscus
Triptilodiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.
Corethamnium
Corethamnium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Dipterocome
Dipterocome is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Tenrhynea
Tenrhynea is a genus of Southern African plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.
Shafera
Shafera is a monotypic genus of plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.
Eatonella nivea
Eatonella is a North American genus of plants in the family Asteraceae containing the single known species Eatonella nivea, which is called by the common name white false tickhead. This small annual is native to the western United States, particularly the Great Basin, where it grows in sandy soils. It has been found in Washington (Grant + Kittitas Counties), Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and eastern California (Modoc, Lassen, Mono, and Inyo Counties).
Zyzyxia lundellii
Zyzyxia is a genus of tropical shrubs in the family Asteraceae native to Central America. There is only one known species, Zyzyxia lundellii.
Chromolepis
Chromolepis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Scherya
Scherya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The only known species is Scherya bahiensis, native to the State of Bahia in eastern Brazil.
Isoetopsis
Isoetopsis is a genus of Australian flowering plants in the daisy family.
Spiracantha
Spiracantha is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.
Conocliniopsis
Conocliniopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains a single species, Conocliniopsis grossedentata, which was referred to by its synonym Conocliniopsis prasiifolia until it was discovered to be conspecific with the type material of the earlier name in 2022.
Blakeanthus
Blakeanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.