''Proustia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of flowering plants in the family

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, native to

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and the

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.Tropicos, ''Proustia'' Lag.
/ref> ; Species * '' Proustia cuneifolia'' D.Don -

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, Bolivia * '' Proustia ilicifolia'' Hook. & Arn. -

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* '' Proustia pyrifolia'' DC. -

* '' Proustia vanillosma'' C.Wright -

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US Department of Agriculture, plants database map
/ref> ; formerly includedFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
see '' Acourtia

Berylsimpsonia ''Proustia'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to the Greater Antilles. The genus is named for Dr. Beryl Simpson, of the University of Texas. ; Species * '' Berylsimpsonia crassinervis'' (Urb.) B.L.Turner - Hispaniola * '' ...

Lophopappus Vernonanthura'' * ''Proustia crassinervis'' Urb. - ''

Berylsimpsonia crassinervis ''Proustia'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to the Greater Antilles. The genus is named for Dr. Beryl Simpson, of the University of Texas. ; Species * '' Berylsimpsonia crassinervis'' (Urb.) B.L.Turner - Hispaniola * '' ...

'' (Urb.) B.L.Turner * ''Proustia cuneata'' S.F.Blake - '' Lophopappus blakei'' Cabrera * ''Proustia domingensis'' Spreng. ex DC. - '' Vernonanthura buxifolia'' (Less.) H.Rob. * ''Proustia mexicana'' Lag. ex D.Don - '' Acourtia humboldtii'' (Less.) B.L.Turner * ''Proustia reticulata'' Lag. ex D.Don - '' Acourtia reticulata'' (Lag. ex D.Don) Reveal & R.M.King

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Nassauvieae Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Mariano Lagasca {{Asteraceae-stub