''Dissothrix'' is a genus of
flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae.
[D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.]
There is only one known species, ''Dissothrix imbricata'',
endemic to the state of
Ceará
Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...
in
Brazil.
[Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]
/ref>[Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro]
References
Endemic flora of Brazil
Monotypic Asteraceae genera
Eupatorieae
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