''Mutisia'' 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 ...

in the tribe Mutisieae within 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 ...

. ''Mutisia'' has been named after José Celestino Mutis. It comprises about sixty species which can be found along the entire length of the Andes and in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina. Species accepted by the

Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...

as of December 2022: ; formerly included see ''

Gongylolepis ''Gongylolepis'' ( Gk. gongýlos γογγύλος "round") is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The following species are recognised by the ''Global Compositae Checklist'': *''Gongylolepis benthamiana'' R.H.Sc ...

'' * ''Mutisia obovata - Gongylolepis martiana''

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* Asteraceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{asteraceae-stub

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