''Heterocoma'' 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 aster 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 ...

.Tropicos, ''Heterocoma'' DC.
/ref> ''Heterocoma'' was believed for many years to contain only one species, until 2013, when two new species were described and the three genera ''Bishopalea'', ''Sipolisia'', and ''Xerxes'' were merged into ''Heterocoma.'' All are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Brazilian Highlands The Brazilian Highlands or Brazilian Plateau ( pt, Planalto Brasileiro) are an extensive geographical region, covering most of the eastern, southern and central portions of Brazil, in all approximately half of the country's land area, or some 4,5 ...

.Loeuille, B., et al. (2013)
Two new species of ''Heterocoma'' (Asteraceae: Vernonieae) and a broadened concept of the genus.
Systematic Botany 38(1), 242-52. Species: ; formerly included '' Heterocoma bifrons'' (DC. ''ex'' Pers.) DC. - '' Chronopappus bifrons'' (DC. ''ex'' Pers.) DC.

References

Vernonieae Asteraceae genera Endemic flora of Brazil {{Cichorioideae-stub