''Aphyllocladus denticulatus'' is a plant species in the

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 (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. The species is native to the interior valleys of

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

. The species lives in dry habitat with extremely limited rainfall. A chemical study of the species found that it produces the compound 5- Methylcoumarin, which has only been previously discovered in members of the Asteraceae subtribe Mutisiinae.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15586896 Onoserideae Flora of Chile