''Amphoricarpos'' is a

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of flowering plants in the family

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described as a genus in 1847. ''Amphoricarpos'' is native to

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, the

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, and the

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(including

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Amphoricarpos autariatus ''Amphoricarpos'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1847. ''Amphoricarpos'' is native to Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and the Balkan Peninsula (including Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Re ...

'' Bjelčić & E.Mayer - Albania, Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro * ''

Amphoricarpos elegans ''Amphoricarpos elegans'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biol ...

'' Albov - Republic of Georgia * ''

Amphoricarpos exsul ''Amphoricarpos'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1847. ''Amphoricarpos'' is native to Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and the Balkan Peninsula (including Greece). ; Species * ''Amphoricarpos autariatus ...

'' O.Schwarz - Asia Minor * ''

Amphoricarpos neumayerianus ''Amphoricarpos'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1847. ''Amphoricarpos'' is native to Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and the Balkan Peninsula (including Greece). ; Species * ''Amphoricarpos autariatus ...

'' (Vis.) Greuter - Albania, Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro * ''

Amphoricarpos praedictus ''Amphoricarpos'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1847. ''Amphoricarpos'' is native to Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and the Balkan Peninsula (including Greece). ; Species * ''Amphoricarpos autariatus ...

'' Ayasligil & Grierson - Asia Minor

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