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Mutisieae Mutisieae is a tribe of the family Asteraceae, subfamily Mutisioideae. Genera Mutisieae genera recognized by the Global Compositae Database as of June 2022: *''Adenocaulon'' *'' Amblysperma'' *''Brachyclados'' *''Chaetanthera'' *''Chaptali ...

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Hansen, H. V. (1985), A taxonomic revision of the genus ''Perdicium'' (Compositae -Mutisieae). Nordic Journal of Botany, 5: 543–546. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1985.tb01691.x Several dozen species have at one time been considered members of ''Perdicium''. Almost all of them are now regarded as better suited to other genera ''(

Acourtia ''Acourtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae and was first described as a genus in 1830. It includes ''desertpeonies'', such as ''Acourtia nana'' (dwarf desertpeony) and ''Acourtia runcinata'' (featherleaf desertpeony). T ...

Ainsliaea ''Ainsliaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1838. ''Ainsliaea'' is native to East Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-Ea ...

Chaptalia ''Chaptalia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. ''Chaptalia'' is native primarily to Mesoamerica, South America, and the West Indies, with a few species in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or ...

Gerbera ''Gerbera'' ( or ) L. is a genus of plants in the Asteraceae (Compositae) family. The first scientific description of a ''Gerbera'' was made by J. D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889 when he described ''Gerbera jamesonii'', a South ...

Haplocarpha ''Haplocarpha'' (onefruit) is a genus of Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent i ...

Holocheilus ''Holocheilus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Leibnitzia ''Leibnitzia'' (sunbonnets) is a genus of Asian and North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is named for Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), German scientist and mathematician ; Species

Leucheria ''Leucheria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. ''Leucheria'' is native to South America and the Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Oc ...

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Trixis ''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies. Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...

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Perdicium capense ''Perdicium'' is a genus of African plants in the tribe Mutisieae within the family Asteraceae. ; Species South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

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Perdicium leiocarpum ''Perdicium'' is a genus of African plants in the tribe Mutisieae within the family Asteraceae. ; Species South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

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