''Gochnatia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of flowering plants in the daisy 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 ...

. It is named for botanist Frédéric Karl Gochnat. The genus contains mainly

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

s and subshrubs, with a few

tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...

s and herbs. All of the species are native to the American tropics. Two species native to the mountains of

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and formerly included here are now separated as the genus ''

Leucomeris ''Leucomeris'' is a genus of Asian flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. ; Species * '' Leucomeris decora'' Kurz - Manipur, Mizoram, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam * '' Leucomeris spectabilis'' D.Don - Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nepal ; forme ...

'' in subfamily

Wunderlichioideae The Wunderlichioideae are a subfamily of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. The subfamily includes eight genera and about 24 species that are concentrated in Brazil ('' Wunderlichia'') and Guyana ('' Chimantaea'', '' Stenopadus ...

. These plants produce

flower heads A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...

containing whitish or yellow disc florets each with five deep lobes. The

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has short, smooth branches, and the fruit is a lightly hairy cypsela with a pappus of bristles or scales. ; Species''Gochnatia''.
The Plant List.

References

* * Gochnatioideae Asteraceae genera {{Asteraceae-stub