''Otopappus'' 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 tribe

Heliantheae The Heliantheae (sometimes called the sunflower tribe) are the third-largest tribe in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). With some 190 genera and nearly 2500 recognized species, only the tribes Senecioneae and Astereae are larger. The name is de ...

within the family

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, primarily

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n but with one species from

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. ; SpeciesHartman, R.L. & T. F. Stuessy. 1983. Revision of ''Otopappus'' (Compositae, Heliantheae). Systematic Botany 8(2): 185–210 * '' Otopappus acuminatus'' S.Watson - Jalisco * '' Otopappus brevipes'' B.L.Rob. - from Chiapas to Nicaragua * '' Otopappus calarcanus'' S.Díaz - Colombia * '' Otopappus curviflorus'' (R.Br.) Hemsl. - from Veracruz to Nicaragua * '' Otopappus epaleaceus'' Hemsl. - from Puebla to Guatemala * '' Otopappus glabratus'' (J.M.Coult.) S.F.Blake - Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador * '' Otopappus guatemalensis'' (Urb.) R.L.Hartm. & Stuessy - Guatemala, Belize,

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* '' Otopappus hirsutus'' (Sw.) R.L.Hartm. & Stuessy - Jamaica * '' Otopappus imbricatus'' (Sch.Bip.) S.F.Blake - Puebla, Morelos, Michoacán, Guerrero * '' Otopappus koelzii'' McVaugh - Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco * '' Otopappus mexicanus'' (Rzed.) H.Rob. - Guerrero, Oaxaca * '' Otopappus microcephalus'' S.F.Blake - Colima, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca * '' Otopappus robustus'' Hemsl. - Veracruz * '' Otopappus scaber'' S.F.Blake - Guatemala, Belize,

, Chiapas * '' Otopappus syncephalus'' Donn.Sm. - Guatemala * '' Otopappus tequilanus'' (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. - Sinaloa, Jalisco, Nayarit, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca * '' Otopappus verbesinoides'' Benth. - from Oaxaca to Nicaragua ; formerly included Several species one included in ''Otopappus'' are now regarded as better suited to other genera: '' Lundellianthus Oblivia

Verbesina ''Verbesina'', many species of which have crownbeard as part of their common names, is a genus of flowering plants, in the family Asteraceae. It is a large genus of about 350 species. All the species bear white or yellow flowers similar to small ...

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Heliantheae Asteraceae genera Flora of Central America Flora of Mexico Taxa named by George Bentham {{Heliantheae-stub