''Anisopappus'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. The genus is primarily native to

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and

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, with one species ''(A. chinensis)'' extending into China and

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.Flora of Chinia .vol 20-21 Page 851 * 山黄菊属 shan huang ju shu ''Anisopappus'' Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Beechey Voy. 196. 1837.
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References

* Mabberley, D.J.(1997):The Plant-Book, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, UK {{Taxonbar, from=Q3310620 Asteraceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot