''Atrichantha'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

.Hilliard, Olive Mary & Burtt, Brian Laurence. 1981. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 82: 219 There is only one known species, ''Atrichantha gemmifera'', endemic to the Cape Province of

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 ...

.Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
/ref> ;formerly included ''Atrichantha elsiae'' Hilliard, Synonym of '' Hydroidea elsiae'' (Hilliard) P.O.Karis

References

Gnaphalieae Monotypic Asteraceae genera Endemic flora of South Africa {{Gnaphalieae-stub